I have developed a method for mining iron ore that is faster than traditional powermining in runescape. Best method for getting from level 70-99.
The fact is that there are not many shortcuts when it comes to leveling up in mining. Even to reach level 70 you need to either go to the Mining Guild and mine coal forever or powermine iron ore. For those who aren't familiar with powermining, it is the process of mining iron and either banking it or dropping it as fast as you can. You are mostly concerned with getting as much experience as you can in the least amount of time. For this to be efficient you need a rune pickaxe and about 45+ in mining. With this method you can average about 20k experience an hour with about level 65 or so, varying depending on your mining level.
However there are ways to increase your exp/hour quite a bit if you are willing to sacrifice the profits from selling the iron and be willing to concentrate more on your task. First I suggest you find two iron rocks that are hardly ever used. Personally I suggest the two rocks in the Dwarven mine in Falador (Go in the entrance by the Party Room and go North, just around the corner to the West). Now make sure you are on a world that has a high population so the respawn rate is high enought that you are not waiting for the next rock very long.
Now you are ready to actually mine the iron. Get to the point where you can mine both rocks without having to move. Now mine the first rock. Then click on the second rock to begin mining it. As soon as you click the second rock right click on the first ore in your inventory and drop it as soon as you sucessfully mine the second rock. Once you dropped that rock, click to mine another ore and right click and drop one from your inventory as soon as you mine it.
This method will seem confusing at first, but once you have it down you will realize that it is much faster. It takes about 2 minutes or so to mine a load of iron and about 30 seconds to drop it all. This method completely takes out the drop time, making it about 20-25% more runescape gold efficient than powermining. So if you average 20k exp/hour, with this method you will average 25-30k exp/hour. http://www.runerich.com
