[Borgie]

Okay:
On the mini-map you will see a big white spot in the north-west part of the main island... this is a mountain and somewhere at the southern border of this mountain there is an entrance to the mines. in the mines, look for those round little rocks.. stand in front of one and kick, kick, kick, kick, kick it untill it is completely broken and leaves a mineral.. gold, iron, coal or (if ur lucky) a diamond... for an axe you will only need 2 iron, go to the blacksmith in bomboria, grab a blue anvil and you will be able to produce an axe! for a pickaxe you will need lumber, wich can be made by putting a tree. seed on the ground and double klicking it... when the tree is full-grown use the axe and chop it down, then take the log to a woodmill (if you go west from bomboria and cross the river you will see one) stand under the left red-thingy and press A untill the woodmill starts working... then pick up the 5 boards. but for the pickaxe you will also need iron blades... go back to the blacksmith in bomboria and grab one of the ovens to fires it (will consume 1 coal) then grab it again to place an iron on it... when the iron turns red you can pick it up with pliers (made at a blue anvil) by equipping those and press SHIFT (grabbing will put the iron back in your inventory..) then go to a water barell, stand in front of it and press SHIFT again to water the iron.. when its purple go to a grey anvil and press SHIFT once more.. a menu will appear like on a blue anvil where you can chose to craft iron blades.. i believe you need 2 of them for a pickaxe..

The pickaxe speeds mining up, but it is not necessary for it...
hope i could help ya and excuse my bad english