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As a matter of fact, mining is targeted at the maximum earnings in the least amount of time. However, there are temptations that would rather be avoided because of the potential disasters that come along with them. But you can EVE solo mining as pleasure. See below:
For solo mining, there are two ways for your choosing. One is to know that Concord does not attack people for stealing ore. You get the right to fire upon them but then they can shoot back. Therefore it's best to prevent ore theft in the first place by not leaving a lot of ore to be stolen. You can haul your own ore after you've mined your share or just go back and forth to dock with each load. It is difficult and rather silly if you do not already fly a hauler as well. Haulers are designed to haul ore and thus have large cargo holds. If you are just flying a mining frigate, it's best to fly back and forth with each load--after all, you'll have to do that in the end anyway. But flying back and forth can be time-consuming, so if you can fly a hauler, you can fill a can partway and then bring the hauler out to take the ore to the station. If you leave a can out, and come back with a hauler, it's a good idea to make a bookmark directly to the can to save time; just right-click your can and pick Bookmark, or open your Places and create a new bookmark.
To begin solo mining, equip your mining ship with a mining laser or two or three or whatever you can fit--consider leaving a slot or two open to place a gun if you'll be hauling later, so that you can fight the NPC pirates rather than running away. For that you'll also want a shield booster or armor repairer; equip the rest of the ship how you like. Some people like using an asteroid scanner while they mine, but it isn't much help to a new player. If you're going to mine just a cargo-hold full at a time and fly back and forth from station to belt, you don't need a gun. The more mining lasers, the faster you mine.
Sometimes, it is considered rude to mine where there is other miners except in every crowded systems where there are not any free belts, you can fly out to an enemy asteroid belt and select the best asteroid. If you see the rocks in space, choose Standard Mining. You can customize this setting how you like to show only good ore by removing Veldspar and whatnot. All ore will sell, and usually very well, but the better ores are more unusual and thus often more costly and thus more profitable to mine.
Then you get close to your chosen asteroid and lock it. Through clicking your lasers, they activate and you'll be mining! After one Laser cycle a certain amount of ore will be deposited into your cargo hold. If you're hauling as you mine, wait until you're full and then dock at your station. Put the ore in your Items and go back out and mine some more. If you're going to mine a lot and then haul later, see Jettison Mining below for more information. Once you're done hauling for the day, open up your Items and look at your nice ore stash. You can either sell the ore "whole" or you can refine it. To refine it, just right-click it and select refine. You'll get a window telling you how much of each type of mineral you will get as a result.
Each ore type needs a different amount of ore before you can refine it; right-click the ore and look at the "Needed for Refining:" to see.
Note that you can increase your refining yield as your standings go up with the owners of the dock you are using; you can also train up your Refining skill to make it better. You may want to consider selling ore whole until your refining skills have improved; you may make more EVE ISK this way. Once you've refined it, sell it; you may want to check market details in your area to see if it will sell for more ISK elsewhere. Be careful you don't bring a cargo hold full of minerals into low-security space.
For solo mining, there are two ways for your choosing. One is to know that Concord does not attack people for stealing ore. You get the right to fire upon them but then they can shoot back. Therefore it's best to prevent ore theft in the first place by not leaving a lot of ore to be stolen. You can haul your own ore after you've mined your share or just go back and forth to dock with each load. It is difficult and rather silly if you do not already fly a hauler as well. Haulers are designed to haul ore and thus have large cargo holds. If you are just flying a mining frigate, it's best to fly back and forth with each load--after all, you'll have to do that in the end anyway. But flying back and forth can be time-consuming, so if you can fly a hauler, you can fill a can partway and then bring the hauler out to take the ore to the station. If you leave a can out, and come back with a hauler, it's a good idea to make a bookmark directly to the can to save time; just right-click your can and pick Bookmark, or open your Places and create a new bookmark.
To begin solo mining, equip your mining ship with a mining laser or two or three or whatever you can fit--consider leaving a slot or two open to place a gun if you'll be hauling later, so that you can fight the NPC pirates rather than running away. For that you'll also want a shield booster or armor repairer; equip the rest of the ship how you like. Some people like using an asteroid scanner while they mine, but it isn't much help to a new player. If you're going to mine just a cargo-hold full at a time and fly back and forth from station to belt, you don't need a gun. The more mining lasers, the faster you mine.
Sometimes, it is considered rude to mine where there is other miners except in every crowded systems where there are not any free belts, you can fly out to an enemy asteroid belt and select the best asteroid. If you see the rocks in space, choose Standard Mining. You can customize this setting how you like to show only good ore by removing Veldspar and whatnot. All ore will sell, and usually very well, but the better ores are more unusual and thus often more costly and thus more profitable to mine.
Then you get close to your chosen asteroid and lock it. Through clicking your lasers, they activate and you'll be mining! After one Laser cycle a certain amount of ore will be deposited into your cargo hold. If you're hauling as you mine, wait until you're full and then dock at your station. Put the ore in your Items and go back out and mine some more. If you're going to mine a lot and then haul later, see Jettison Mining below for more information. Once you're done hauling for the day, open up your Items and look at your nice ore stash. You can either sell the ore "whole" or you can refine it. To refine it, just right-click it and select refine. You'll get a window telling you how much of each type of mineral you will get as a result.
Each ore type needs a different amount of ore before you can refine it; right-click the ore and look at the "Needed for Refining:" to see.
Note that you can increase your refining yield as your standings go up with the owners of the dock you are using; you can also train up your Refining skill to make it better. You may want to consider selling ore whole until your refining skills have improved; you may make more EVE ISK this way. Once you've refined it, sell it; you may want to check market details in your area to see if it will sell for more ISK elsewhere. Be careful you don't bring a cargo hold full of minerals into low-security space.
