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For all runescape player
For all runescape player
Submitted by fragsoul on Tue, 2006-09-19 06:51.
Intro
Mining is when you get ore from a rock. You need a pickaxe. There are different sorts of rocks and pickaxes.
Pickaxes
You can buy a bronze pickaxe, the weakest, at many places. However the better ones can only be obtained form other player who bought them or form Nurmof in the Dwarven Mines. Below are the pickaxes and other info:
Pickaxes | |||
| Picture | Name | Mining Level required | Cost |
 | Bronze Pickaxe | 1 | 1 gp |
 | Iron Pickaxe | 4 | 137 gp |
 | Steel Pickaxe | 6 | 490 gp |
 | Mithril Pickaxe | 21 | 1,300 gp |
 | Adamant Pickaxe | 31 | 3,200 gp |
 | Rune Pickaxe | 41 | 32,000 gp |
The Ore
There are ten just plain normal ore for mining then there is one or two that are only for a quest. Below you can see what they are:
Ore | ||
| Name | Mining Level | Extra Info |
| Clay | 1 | Used for pottery |
| Copper | 1 | |
| Tin | 1 | |
| Bluerite | 10 | USed in Knight's Sword Quest |
| Iron | 15 | |
| Silver | 20 | used in crafting |
| Coal | 30 | |
| Gold | 40 | Used in crafting |
| Mithril | 55 | |
| Adamant | 70 | |
| Rune | 80 | |
Gems
Gems can be gotten in a few ways. You can mine them from a normal rock, you can mine them form a Gem Rock (if you are a member), or you can buy them. It would be better to mine them because it won't cost you money.
Here are the gems:
Normal Gems | ||||
 Sapphire |  Emerald |  Ruby |  Diamond |  Dragon Stone |
 Opal |  Jade |  Red Topaz |