Hi im wondering when I can mine coal effectively as iron, by that i mean get it in 1-3 hits, or 4 max. Yes I will attempt to powermine coal, even if its slower than iron by a bit.

 

thanks.

Guessing by your stats your f2p?

 

If so then try out barbarian village.

 

Not to far from bank and not heavily used.

 

Not sure now that mines below Lumby gone. :wall:

Powermining coal?? no way if u want the xp...

 

iron is best. it gives 35 xp per ore and u get it in 1 hit.

 

coal. avg 4 hits, but depends....

 

 

 

coal only gives 50xp per ore.

 

 

 

Iron is easily accessible. Coal mines usually have people due to the demand in smithing...

 

 

 

if coal gave 35*4 xp per ore, then it might be worth it. but iron is 1 hit 95% of the time if ure lvl 45+ mining. for lvl 55+, iron is 99% of the time 1 hit.

 

 

 

Ure gonna hate it if u powermine coal. But if u bank it, then the money is decent. But xp is low...

dude,just take my example!go mine irons,for about 1 month..and get ur self 85 minning :wink:

 

 

 

 

 

when you have setted up a GOAL...you cant replace it or remove it :

I fail to see how people could consider coal to be better than iron, in terms of either exp or cash.

 

 

 

At level 84 mining, it takes me 10 minutes at best to mine and bank one load of coal (20 minutes at worst -.- ). Getting iron ore in one hit, I can expect one load every 5 minutes. That basically means that under the best coal mining conditions, I can get one coal ore in the time it takes to get two iron ores. At lower levels above 55 mining, you would likely get even more iron in the time it takes to mine one coal.

 

 

 

Now then, let's assume that you can in fact get two iron per one coal.

 

 

 

At 35 exp each, that's 70 exp with iron in the time it takes to get 50 exp with coal.

 

 

 

At 100 gp each, that's 200 gp minimum with iron in the time it takes to get 200 gp maximum with coal.

 

 

 

So basically, in order to mine coal as effectively as iron, you would need a mining level substantially higher than 85. And at that point, it would be far better to mine rune.

I fail to see how people could consider coal to be better than iron, in terms of either exp or cash.

 

 

 

At level 84 mining, it takes me 10 minutes at best to mine and bank one load of coal (20 minutes at worst -.- ). Getting iron ore in one hit, I can expect one load every 5 minutes. That basically means that under the best coal mining conditions, I can get one coal ore in the time it takes to get two iron ores. At lower levels above 55 mining, you would likely get even more iron in the time it takes to mine one coal.

 

 

 

Now then, let's assume that you can in fact get two iron per one coal.

 

 

 

At 35 exp each, that's 70 exp with iron in the time it takes to get 50 exp with coal.

 

 

 

At 100 gp each, that's 200 gp minimum with iron in the time it takes to get 200 gp maximum with coal.

 

 

 

So basically, in order to mine coal as effectively as iron, you would need a mining level substantially higher than 85. And at that point, it would be far better to mine rune.

 

 

 

 

 

iron is hard to sell for 100! and i sometimes see coal sell for 250 each

I fail to see how people could consider coal to be better than iron, in terms of either exp or cash.

 

 

 

At level 84 mining, it takes me 10 minutes at best to mine and bank one load of coal (20 minutes at worst -.- ). Getting iron ore in one hit, I can expect one load every 5 minutes. That basically means that under the best coal mining conditions, I can get one coal ore in the time it takes to get two iron ores. At lower levels above 55 mining, you would likely get even more iron in the time it takes to mine one coal.

 

 

 

Now then, let's assume that you can in fact get two iron per one coal.

 

 

 

At 35 exp each, that's 70 exp with iron in the time it takes to get 50 exp with coal.

 

 

 

At 100 gp each, that's 200 gp minimum with iron in the time it takes to get 200 gp maximum with coal.

 

 

 

So basically, in order to mine coal as effectively as iron, you would need a mining level substantially higher than 85. And at that point, it would be far better to mine rune.

 

 

 

I'm 78 mining and i can mine full laod coal easy in 5 minutes... And id say you could POSSIBLY powerminer coal 90+ lol

Thanks for your help guys, but anyone acually gonna anwser the question? Not that I dont appreciate the help but....