i was just gunna mention alching
instead of alching in a bank with nothing to do...go stand in the heroes guild basement on world 2 (fastest respawn)...then whenever it respawns, mine it...it covers, if not more than covers, what ur spending on raising ur mage lvl
it took me 3 weeks to go from 70-85 mining, using granite mine for 3-4 hours a day...now with the new granite update (u die of thirst now)...u have to bring like 20 waterskins and refill every hour or so in the bedabin camp to the north
still better thn mining iron
oh, and yeah...rc is crappy money until u get 91...which im too lazy to do