This is the Alliance gold guide to making gold in the early levels.  You can go the Horde Gold Guide for the horde version.  A more in depth gold guide can also be found HERE. <— click

While leveling early, the easiest ways to make gold is with mining and herbalism. Selling herbs and ore at the Auction House is a great way to get large amounts of gold while you are leveling up. It is also a very good way earn gold on the higher levels. I do recommend that you grab the Gatherer addon as well.  It will help you to track all of your gathered herbs and ore so you won’t have to roam around attempting to remember where the resources were located.

Mining

Where do you find the mining trainers?

Mining trainers can be found:

• Loch Modan  – Brock Stoneseeker
• Dun Morogh  - Dank Dizzlecut
• Azuremyst Isle – Dulvi
• Stormwind City – Gelman Stonehand
• City of Ironforge – Geofram Bouldertoe
• Hellfire Peninsula – Hurnak Grimmord
• Darkshore – Kurdram Stonehammer
• Duskwood – Matt Johnson
• The Exodar – Muaat
• Dun Morogh – Yarr Hammerstone

Best areas to mine ore:

The best areas to find lots of copper ore to mine are Dun Morogh and Elwynn Forest.

Scouring the eastern parts of the Redridge Mountains and Loch Modan is your best bet for tin ore.

Probably the best place to find gold ore and iron ore is the Alterac Mountains. Ashenvale, Arathi Highliands, Desolace, Stranglethorn Vale and Badlands are also good places to check out.

Go to Highperch located in the Thousand Needles for Mithril ore and Truesilver ore. Badlands is also a good place to look for Mithril ore. The best area in Badlands is Lethlor Ravine.

Searing Gorge and the Burning Steppes are where I recommend going for Thorium ore and Dark Iron ore.

Herbalism

Where do you find the herbalism trainers?

Herbalism trainers can be found:

• Redridge Mountains – Alma Jainrose
• Dustwallow Marsh – Brant Jasperbloom & Uma Bartulm
• The Exodar – Cemorrhan
• Ashenvale – Cylania Rootstalker
• Darnassus – Firodren Mooncaller
• Stranglethorn Vale – Flora Silverwind
• Elwynn Forest – Herbalist Pomeroy
• Azuremyst Isle – Heur
• Loch Modan  – Kali Healtouch
• Teldrassil – Malorne Bladeleaf
• Moonglade – Malvor
• Bloodmyst Isle – Morae
• Ironforge – Reyna Stonebranch
• Stormwind – Shylamir
• Stormwind City – Tannysa
• Wetlands – Telurinon Moonshadow

Best areas to find herbs:

Elwynn Forest and Teldrassil are the best places to find Earthroot, Peacebloom, and Silverleaf

Continuing on to Westfall will get you more Peacebloom, Silverleaf and Earthroot. You will also find Mageroyal there.

The best areas for Bruiseweed are Redridge Mountains and Stonetalon Mountains.  You can also find Kingsblood and Wild Steelbloom in the Northern part of Stonetalon.

Duskwood also has a lot of these two.

Arathi Highlands, Alterac Mountains and the Hinterlands are good places to find Fadeleaf.

The Swamp of Sorrows (also known as herb heaven), is home to Khadgar’s Whiskers and a bunch of other different herbs.

A great place for Sungrass  is Feralas.

I hope this has helped.  If you are looking for a more complete Alliance leveling guide, you can find one HERE <— click