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One of the easiest ways to make money is through crafting weapons and armor. Go to the mine, get some ore, take it to the forge and make metal bars, take them to the smithy and make some items, and voila - instant money. Better yet, once you gain levels, you can save money by not having to buy your gear at the store.
There are several ores that can be mined and refined to make weapons and armor: tin and copper (combine them to make bronze), iron and coal (for steel), mithril, and adamantium. You can also mine clay, silver, and gold, but those are used in Crafting(see crafting page). Different metals require different mining and smithing levels. At first level, the only things you can mine are tin, copper, and clay, and the only weapon you can make is the humble dagger. From there, however, your skill progresses until you can work the hardest of metals.
Here is a list of the ores and at what level you can mine them. XP is in ( and ):

Smithing levels and XP per bar smelted are as follows:

Gems are a special case. They require Crafting to be cut. See the Crafting page for more details. Gold and Silver can be smelted into bars (requires 40 smithing for gold, 20 for silver), but then you need Crafting to make it into jewelry. You can obtain gems from any monster that drops treasure (1/282 chance) or any rock that gives ore (same chance).
There are several mines scattered around Runescape, and each has different ores that can be mined there:

Barbarian Village: There is a small mine here, and you can also find a pickaxe here. You can mine tin and coal.

Chasm Mine: This is a large chasm due north of Al Kharid. Here you can mine tin, copper, iron, silver, coal, gold, mithril and adamantium, but it is not recommended for newbies, since scorpions always appear to harass the miners. Map.

Crandor Isle Mine: Crandor Isle is the island where you can find the dragon, and can only be found by doing the Dragon Slayer Quest. You can mine iron, coal, mithril, gold, and adamantite here. Map.

Dwarf Mine: A large mine run by dwarves in the new kingdom, inside Ice Mountain. You can mine clay, copper, tin, iron, silver, coal, gold, mithril, and adamantium here. Map.

Edgeville Mine: It is located in the Edgeville Dungeon. You can find copper, tin, iron, silver, coal, gold, mithril and adamantium ores here. The room where the rocks are is inhabited by hobgoblins and skeletons with scimitars, making mining there a dangerous proposition. Map.

Hobgoblin Mine: An open-air mine located in the Wilderness. You can find iron, coal, mithril, and adamantite ores here.

Ice Giants' Dungeon: A small underground mine located at the far southern part of Asgarnia. It is the only place you can find blurite ore, which is a necessary item in a quest; there is also one iron rock here. Map.

Lava Maze Mine: The only place you can find the fabled Runite ore. There are two rocks just north of the entrance to the mine.

Skeleton Mine: An open-air mine in Level 9 of the Wilderness. This mine is all coal rocks (about 25 of them), and has level 25 Skeletons. Map.

Varrock Mine: A large mine SE of Varrock, just north of Al Kharid. Here can be found iron, tin, and copper ores. Map.

Varrock Mine II: Another large mine midway between Varrock and the Barbarian Village, just north of the Champion's Guild. You can find copper, tin, clay, iron, silver, and coal here. Map.

Volcano Mine: A small mine (four rocks) located in the Karamja volcano, near the entrance. All four rocks are gold, and are guarded by level 25 skeletons.

Wilderness Mine: A small open mine located near a small village in the SW corner of Asgarnia. You can mine clay, tin, copper, iron, and gold here. Map.

The chart below is listed by smithing level; it lists what you can make at each level, along with stats for those items. Not all levels have something new, so I have included only those where you gain a new skill. Numbers in parentheses are predictions. Thanks to Lightning for the new Steel and Mithril levels, and Lotta Might for all the XP values.

Smithing Level	Item	Bars required	Aim/Power	Armor	XP
1	Bronze Axe	1	5/6		12
1	Bronze dagger	1	5/5		12
2	Bronze mace	1	6/5		12
3	Bronze medium helm	1		3	12
4	Bronze short sword	1	7/7		12
5	Bronze scimitar	2	7/7		25
6	Bronze long sword	2	8/8		25
7	Bronze large helm	2		4	25
8	Bronze square shield	2		5	25
10	Bronze battle axe	3	8/10		38
11	Bronze chain mail	3			37
12	Bronze kite shield	3		6	38
14	Bronze two-handed sword	3	11/11		38
16	Bronze plate legs/skirt	3		7	37
18	Bronze plate mail	5		14	63
Smithing Level	Item	Bars required	Aim/Power	Armor	XP
15	Iron dagger	1	6/6		25
15	Iron axe	1	6/8		25
17	Iron mace	1	9/7		25
18	Iron medium helmet	1		4	25
19	Iron short sword	1	8/8		25
20	Iron scimitar	2	10/10		50
21	Iron long sword	2	11/11		50
22	Large iron helm	2		6	50
23	Iron square shield	2		8	50
25	Iron battle axe	3	10/14		75
26	Iron chain mail	3		12	75
27	Iron kite shield	3		9	75
29	Iron two-handed sword	3	15/15		75
31	Iron plate legs/skirt	3		10	37
33	Iron plate mail	5		20	125
Smithing Level	Item	Bars required	Aim/Power	Armor	XP
30	Steel dagger	1	9/9		37
31	Steel axe	1	9/12		37
32	Steel mace	1	13/9		37
33	Steel medium helmet	1		7	37
34	Steel short sword	1	9/9		37
35	Steel scimitar	2	15/15		75
36	Steel long sword	2	17/17		75
37	Steel lg helm	2		9	75
38	Steel square shield	2		12	75
40	Steel battle axe	3	16/21		112
41	Steel chain mail	3		19	112
42	Steel kite shield	3		14	112
44	Steel two-handed sword	3	23/23		112
46	Steel plate legs/skirt	3		17	112
48	Steel plate mail	5		31	187
Smithing Level	Item	Bars required	Aim/Power	Armor	XP
50	Mithril dagger	1	12/12		50
51	Mithril axe	1	12/16		50
52	Mithril mace	1	18/13		50
53	Mithril medium helmet	1		10	50
54	Mithril short sword	1	19/19		50
55	Mithril scimitar	2	21/21		100
56	Mithril Long Sword	2	23/23		100
57	Mithril Large Helmet	2		13	100
58	Mithril square shield	2		19	100
60	Mithril battle axe	3	22/30		150
61	Mithril chain mail	3		27	150
62	Mithril kite shield	3		20	150
64	Mithril two-handed sword	3	32/32		150
66	Mithril plate legs/skirt	3		22	150
68	Mithril plate mail	5		44	250
Smithing Level	Item	Bars required	Aim/Power	Armor	XP
70	Adamantium dagger	1	16/16
71	Adamantium axe	1	16/21
72	Adamantium mace	1	25/19
73	Adamantium med. helm	1		14
74	Adamantium short sword	1	26/26
75	Adamantium scimitar	2	29/29
76	Adamantium long sword	2	32/32
77	Adamantium large helm	2		19
78	Adamantium square shield	2		24
80	Adamantium battle axe	3	31/42
81	Adamantium chain mail	3		38
82	Adamantium kite shield	3		29
84	Adamantium 2-h sword	3	45/45
86	Adamantium legs/skirt	3		31
88	Adamantium plate	5		63
Smithing Level	Item	Bars required	Aim/Power	Armor
85	Runite dagger	1		26/26
86	Rune axe	1		27/37
87	Rune mace	1		39/32
89	Rune med. helm	1	22
90	Rune scimitar	2		45/45
91	Rune longsword	2		50/50
92	Rune large helm	2	30
93	Rune square shield	2	38
95	Rune battle axe	3		(42/56)
96	Rune Chain	3	65
97	Rune kite shield	3
99	Rune 2-h sword	3		71/71
99	Rune legs/skirt	3	49
99	Rune plate	5	80

This table, as you can see, is not complete. As you also saw on the list of mines, it does not include any Members only mines, as I have yet to find and test all of them. If you have a map of anything not here, We would be very thankful.

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