Alright well I now have max mining/herbing on my worgen druid. I also have max jc/mining on my paladin. Now...when I started levelling this alt, I had the intention of dropping mining on my pally and levelling alchemy instead. But now, I don't even play that character. I just log on to do my jc daily and then log off. So it seems a bit wasteful to have two awesome crafting profs on a toon I have no intention of raiding with again, whereas I am quite enjoying playing my druid, so having alch/herb on that toon would be nice. But...having mining and herbing on the same toon just would seem so much more beneficial and cut down on farming time a lot. and just make them more viable as gold making profs in their own right for time spent.
but in the end they are both just alts. my main is a priest with tailoring/enchanting.
so. drop mining on my druid for alch, or my pally? >.<