==searching for ores==
after you've mined 5-10 tiles into the mountain mine one more tile into the mountain then mine each way so you have a + shape. say into the mountain was north, you would want to mine north then east/west 4 tiles and then mine 3 north then 4 tiles east/west.this it what you should be aiming for: http://jenn001.game.wurmonline.com/mapper/map.html?map=5ab6f9ea19b89ba758f130e16af8f73d000100150015000100150015r2ff02r2ba02000100150015r2ff00r2ff00r2ff00r2a000010000000100150015r209c8cbc9cbr212c8cbc9cbr212c8cbc9cbr212c8cbc9cbr212c8cbc9cbr212c8cbc9cbr212c8cbc9cbr212c8cbc9cbr212c8cbc9cbr20ec8r205cbc9r205cbr20ac8cbr209c9cbr20bc8r204cbc9r204cbr20cc8r204cbc9r204cbr20bc8cbr209c9cbr20bc8r204cbc9r204cbr20cc8r204cbc9r204cbr20bc8cbr209c9cbr20bc8r204cbc9r204cbr20cc8r204cbc9r204cbr20bc8cbr209c9cbr20bc8r209cbr206c800010000
==reinforcing==
now this is where the carpentry and woodcutting come in! make as many [[support beams]] as you need and fit them in your mine, leave a shaft off if you are transporting them in a cart/boat. also many people normally wait untill they find iron then make the ribbons at their mine and finish them there.
==deeding (optional)==
you may want to deed the enterance to your mine so nobody can break in deed papers cost 10s. also deeding may give you a chance to make a house outside the mine with BSBs, FSBs, forges and beds which is extra usefull for over-seas mines.
==skill==
now that you've done the mine you may wish to grind mining a little so heres what you should do:
mine rock untill 40/5 skill then grind on low ql capped iron/copper veins untill 60/5 skill and finally mine tin/lead untill desired skill
BUT never mine gold/silver for skill as they can give 1ql ores alot which give no skill gain whatsoever