Method Description, Instructions and Tips for Success

General Description

Granite was traditionally used for powerleveling the Mining skill, as it provided good Mining XP, but granite itself was useless. When Summoning was introduced, Jagex made the very small (500g) granite blocks a secondary ingredient, so these were quite valuable, but the other pieces remained worthless. Jagex then added the ability to chisel the larger blocks into smaller ones, so now all granite pieces have value, with the larger ones worth more.

The two quickest ways of getting to the mine are using the Camulet from the quest Enakhra's Lament, or a Pharaoh's sceptre from the Pyramid Plunder minigame. Taking the latter to the Ancient Magicks pyramid is actually faster, but having to recharge it all the time is a nuisance and gets expensive, so I recommend using the Camulet. Just store a number of buckets of dung in your bank to recharge that as needed. I have not included the time needed to get the camel dung in the method calculations here.

Note that some people prefer to drop the smaller chunks of granite to concentrate on the more valuable ones, but banking is pretty quick so I keep them all.

Note that a dragon pickaxe will provide more yield than a rune pickaxe for those with Mining levels above 60. Due to its very high cost, however, I have decided not to include it in the Moneymaking Guide at this time.

Specific Method Details

Start on a reasonably full world for faster respawn times; you may need to hop later if the mine is too busy.

Equip your pickaxe, weight-reducing gear, Varrock Armor (level 2 or better, to increase mining speed), the Camulet, a ring of duelling and enchanted water tiara from Dealing with Scabaras (so you don't have to worry about waterskins.)

Also get out a pack yak pouch. Use the Camulet to get to Enakhra's temple, then exit as follows: go north, go down the ladder, go south, pass through the barrier, go down the ladder, take the door to the east, go up the ladder and then climb up the sand; the mine is just to your west.

If possible, pick the spots near the north or southwest where there are three granite rocks in a row. Start mining. Wait until your inventory is nearly full, then when you find yourself waiting for a respawn, dump some of the granite into your familiar. Repeat until the yak is full.

When your inventory is completely full, teleport to Castle Wars, bank and then repeat. Recharge the Camulet as needed.