Mining guide credits by: jjl100

Intro:

Mining is a usefull fast moneymaking skill, but the higher lvl u are the slower it will train becouse much people mine and there aren't much rocks.

1. Mining ores is very easy because u only need to have a pickaxe and then you can start whit it. Pickaxes can be found from monsters or you can buy them from Nurmof's pickaxe shop in the Dwarven mine.
Under here are the mining lvls for what pickaxe u need and how much its costs in Nurmof's pickaxe shop

 

Pick	Mining Level	Cost [In GP]
Bronze	1	1
Iron	2	140
Steel	6	500
Mithril	21	1,300
Adamantite	31	3,200
Rune	41	32,000

2. The higher lvl mining u are the faster mining a rock will go. When you get higher mining lvl you can mine better ores. Under here are the ores and their lvls to mine them, and the places where they found.

Name	Lvl	Location
Clay	1	At every big mining place
Tin	1	At every big minging place
Copper	1	At every big mining place
Blurite	10	In the dungeon south of Port Sarim
Iron	15	At every big mining place
Silver	20	Al Kharid, Edgeville sewers, Varrock mines
Coal	30	At all big mining place, mining guild
Gold	40	Al Kharid, South of Falador, Dwarven mines, Edgeville sewers
Mithril	50	Mining guild, Hobgoblin mine(wilderness lvl 30), Dwarven mines, Al kharid, Edgeville sewers, Lumbridge Swamps
Admantite	70	Al Kharid, Dwarven mines, Lumbridge Swamps, Hobgoblin mine(wilderness level 30)
Runite	85	Runite Rocks (wilderness lvl 45) Legends

3. Mining Extra's

Dwarven stout: A dwarven stout is a drink that will give u 1 lvl mining and 1 lvl smithing higher for 1-2 minutes, but your attack will go some lvls lower from it. U can buy a dwarven stout in the beer house in Falador which can be found somewhere around the bridge to the White Knight’s castle. A dwarven stout costs 3 gp each there and its very usefull for some higher lvl miner or smithers to mine/smith something from 1 lvl higher.

Mining guild: The mining guild is a guild in Falador only for lvl 60 or higher lvl miners, you can mine much ores there because there are 36 coal rocks and 5 mithril rocks. So its worth to train the lvls for it!

Gems: sometimes when you mine a rock there will come a gem out of it. Gems can be used for crafting. The higher lvl mining u are and the better rock u mine, the more the chance is that you will mine a gem. This are the gems for the free game: sapphire, emerald, ruby and diamond.