Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-9351247-20131228185258/@comment-24304663-20140108173643

No. Mining doesn't work like that. The minerals do not effect chances of you failing or suceeding. The pickaxes (as they progress) have increased chances of mining. You can mine just as effectively if you were to mine iron then you were to mine mithril. (I would reccomend having dual pickaxes)