So, a lot of people know about Solea, and while less, a lot of people also know there are hidden herbs and ore piles down there. FEWER people know that mythril ore piles are down there, and fewer still know to what extent the herbs down there are.
Me and Skyrunner(Nocneah) went down there as they're interested in herbalism and have terrible latency to the point where fighting is kind've an impossibility. With all the ant lions and bats down there I figured it was a good chance to prof my mace. She did the exploring, I got mauled by ant lions. As far as ore, ore does seem slightly more common in the first cave, maybe an even amount. In the second cave, ore is FAR MORE PLENTIFUL then herbs, so if you're going down there to mine, go into the cave closer to Physis. Some of the herbs we found were Mandrake (Only in the second cave), and three types of the basic herbs (Base Bloody Mana, yep, there are hidden base patches but they seem to be quite rare). We also found antidote herbs. No sight of the elusive white herb, or antidote herbs, but they may well be down there. By far, most of the herbs were basic types, so it's a good place to get started.
So yeah, minor update to get back in the swing of things, a geographical Survey of solea. You'll need a buddy to fend off the ant lions while you mine, but it seems like it could be very very profitable, especially with the advent of the soon to come mining revamp (50 ore per stack, 7 ore per pile), on top of providing an easy source of basic herbs and mythril.