The Golden Mining suit doubles as Varrock armour but not the other way around

Golden mining top wiki page:

"If the player has Varrock armour, the effects of it will stack with the bonus of the mining suit as long as the player has the ALL of the suit equipped"

(which I understand ruins the goldsmith gauntlet method)

Varrock armour wiki page:

"(Varrock armour) Grants 1% bonus mining xp. Note that the varrock armour does not contribute to the rs gold mining suit's set bonus so you will receive 5% bonus xp rather than 6% when worn with the remaining golden parts."

I found that doing granite at lvl 50-68 is faster than iron, also full golden mining suit set gives you 6% bonus exp and it has the same effect Varrock armour does when all 5 pieces are worn . If you go granite mining, which you will really notice if faster then iron mining just put on a desert shirt, robe, boots and put on a regen bracelet. You'll heal faster than you take damage so you don't actually need waterskins or a enchanted water tiara. Just a friendly tip with granite I found as long as you are wearing low weight  stuff in legacy if you have a regen bracelet you never need to worry about waterskins tiara or tome of frost.as the bracelet heals you more than you lose.No offense man but I seriously can't listen to you. The things you say are all over the show, it actually does my head in. Sorry mate, but I need to watch a different video. My brain is ltierally switching off as soon as you go on some retarded tangent.