Al Kharid mining site



The Al Kharid mining site is located north of Al Kharid, north-west of the fire altar. It is also known as the Scorpion Mine, due to the abundance of those, and the Al Kharid Quarry, because it is an open pit mine. While not necessary, a combat level of 29 will keep the scorpions from attacking while mining. This mine is popular for players of all levels because of the variety of ores available.

This location is fairly effective for mining most materials, as it has every non-quest ore besides clay and runite. It is also relatively close to the furnace and the bank in Al Kharid, which allows players to smelt metal bars and further proceed with crafting or smithing. Due to a recent update, you could mine the ore here then go to Lumbridge, use the furnace, and then use the nearby anvil found in the same building as the furnace.

The mine is fairly popular with other players, thus a Rune Pickaxe is recommended to remove the competition. Players usually powermine the iron ore due to its abundance. Other players use the spell Superheat Item to combine coal and mithril, adamant, or iron to create such respective bars, although the low abundance of coal usually deters players from such an approach. The nearest banks are in the Duel Arena and Al Kharid, but require some time to reach.

The ores available are:


 * 1 Tin ore
 * 2 Gold ore
 * 3 Mithril ore
 * 2 Adamant ore
 * 2 Coal
 * 3 Copper ore
 * 5 Silver ore (6 if counting the limited silver rock)
 * 9 Iron ore

Shooting stars sometimes land here if it is landing in the Kharidian Desert.

One of the 12 resource dungeons is here and requires level 75 dungeoneering to enter, it has some more available ores and gem rocks.

Trivia

 * Before an update, the Al Kharid Mining Site was home to one of the few places in the game where 3 iron ore were available to a player without having to walk in between mining attempts. This was an especially popular place for Power Mining and competition could be fierce.