I made 10 trips between Elysium and the silver mining area successfully ( 5600 ore ). On my 11th return trip, I was denied entry - While I wasn't told why, I'm assuming they were making repairs to the docking bay... Since I had a full load of ore and didn't want to be a target for pirates, I took my load to Denver and sold for a pretty penny. By the time I returned, whatever was going on had been corrected and I was allowed to dock. I went back out and filled my hold again... only to be told that the warehouses were full. Once again, I took my full load of ore to Denver.
A little later, Mr. Daverson showed up. The two of us went out and I filled his hauler with silver. Since I knew we were going to make a trip all the way to Denver, I filled my hold up as well. We had a successful trip to Denver, where we offloaded our ore for a fairly decent profit.
Total mined:
11,280 Silver ( assuming an even 4,000 in Mr. Daverson's Transport ).
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Addendum:
I spoke with Mr. Daverson about my plans to purchase a Bison class transport. After some discussion, I decided that purchasing a Hegemon mining vessel would be beneficial if I was mining alone. I would be able to mine ~2700 ore per trip. If I were transporting it from Vespucci to Denver, the additional ore would make the trip actually worthwhile. I made 2 trips with my new Hegemon.
My first trip's return to Vespucci wasn't without issues. I was stopped by /_\-Will.Puke, who demanded I drop all cargo immediately. All I had on me was a poor Liberty Rogue pilot I was holding onto until I could release him to the authorities. Luckily, Will Puke was satisfied by it and let me go about my business. Part of me is curious as to what happened to the pilot... Most of me doesn't want to know.
Mr. Daverson was nice enough to run security for me on my second trip to Denver. We ran into an LNS officer in New York and let him know about the pirate activity. He followed us to the California system to search for the pirate and keep an eye on things.
Mined an additional 5400 Silver Ore & transported it to Colorado for sale.