Mining ore is cruical to the economy and may be used by your other profession. Copper, tin, and others are available at the swing of a pick, but jewels await the lucky. Find minerals is the first skill granted to miners. Buy a mining pick, and head out to find your copper. Drag this icon from your ability book (defaulted "p") onto a hotbar. Push the corresponding number or click it to activate. It remains active until you log, die, or change tracking types. A yellow dot appears on your mini-map when ore is nearby.

Mouse over the yellow dot to discover what kind of mineral awaits. Once you reach the vein, mouse over it to check the required skill level.

Right-Click the node to begin mining. After a few swings, your character kneels down to check what you've found and a loot window opens. If you fail, simply try again. To speed the process, you can set your character to auto loot in the interface panel, to loot immediately and deposit the spoils in you backpack after success.

Unlike herbs, mines have to be used several times before they are depleted. If you fail to mine anything on your first try, you still have the chance to skill up until you mine ore for the first time on that vein. Failing to mine does not count against getting a skill up.

Once you gather a load of ore, return to a forge and smelt it into bars. Again, pull the Smelting icon from your ability book and drag it into your hotbar. Activate the skill to bring up the smelting menu. Click "create all" or "create" to smelt the ore into usable bars.

**Note once you have leveled up, depending on your server it may not be advisable to smelt your ore. Some profession can use the raw ore for their trade skills and the raw ore can fetch good gold. As with any trade skill there are thousands of tricks and items that when known about and/or used correctly can really speed up the skill leveling and gold making. The key is knowledge. Read "Ultimate Warcraft Guide" to gain knowledge about mining and all areas of World of Warcraft. From questing and leveling, to gold making. This guide has helped thousand maximize their gaming experience. I know it will work just a well for you as it did for me.

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