How to get good weapons

[Ruvanal]

...  The only thing he is missing is 2 bars of silver, which he is capable of mining and smelting.  The only problem is that I have not seen a silver vein anywhere in the game.

And based on this thread you will not see a silver vein anywhere.
http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.aspx...Count=13#post19
see msg 12

The silver apparently comes from mining tin in the higher level areas and may also require some skill before you can get it.