Where Was Mithril Found?

Ah, mithril. Middle Earth’s rarest – and therefore priciest – metal. Here’s what Gandalf has to say on the matter while the fellowship was in Moria: Here alone in the world was found Moria-silver, or true-silver as some have called it: mithril is the Elvish name. Now, I suppose he could be wrong (but Tolkien doesn’t usually…