I have been leveling mining on one of my toons and I noticed that they extended the number of points you can get from smelting. I decided to level a miner on my second team and it is possible to level to 225 without having to buy a mining pick.

Unless you have a ton of gold laying around or another miner this guide may not be for you. I hung around in zones when I was leveling the first miner to gather up the extra ore, and I always stopped smelting once it went grey for my main miner.

125 copper ore = 125 copper bars -> (copper bars) 65
* talk to trainer to get mining to 150
24 tin ore = 24 tin bars -> 75
48 copper bars/ 48 tin bar =96 bronze bars -> 104
24 copper bars /24 tin bars = 48 bronze bars -> 107
30 silver ore = silver bars -> 125
* talk to trainer to learn smelt iron and up to 225
40 iron ore = 40 iron bars -> 152
48 iron ore = 48 iron bars -> 159
18 gold ore = gold bars ->175
60 mitril ore = 60 mithril bars ->215
20 mithril ore = 20 mitril bars ->221
22 mithril ore = 22 mitril bars -> 225

a couple of notes,

1. the reason I put in somethings twice is because it took a lot of ore to get those last points, if you are short on cash or ore it may help you to just go mine those points and not smelt them. But I don't want to tell you how to live your life.
2. I approximated the gold ore because I was a couple short and just mined to fill in the gap.
3. at 225 mitril ore is still green, once I level him higher I will update the guide.
4. total shopping list 125 copper ore, 24 tin ore, 48 tin bars, 30 silver ore, 88 iron ore, 18 gold ore, and 102 mitril ore. Results may vary.