Mining

Mining is the skill used to collect ores from special metal veins. You can view your current mining skill by using the command  !crafting 

When you come across a metal vein on the map, depending on your mining skill, you can use your pick on it to mine it. Each time you do will give you a tick to your next mining level and a chance to collect an or or enchant gem of the particular vein mined or destroy it.

As your mining skill increases you will be able to mine even stronger metal veins.

Ores gained from mining are used in Smithing to enhance existing items with different stats.