I just learned this the other day. Some of you may know, but some of you may not. Herbalism seems to be a great way to raise INT.

100 bottles at 2g each
300 Archangelica... thousands from all the farming i have done. If I value each one at 1g each, then I'm spending 5g for each pot.

That got me .05 INT. basically 100g per .01 of INT.

Then I just use the stam pots when I mine. How does this compare to casting?