Did you use the miner's pick on the ore piles? Did you get to the area of the lava pools? You can find at least 2 pieces of dragon ore down there. Keep looking.

Im so stuck.
I went thru the mines and never found the dragon ore so after reading posts here I decided to steal the kings key to get the dragon armor.
After taking all the plate chests from the 4 rooms and returning to town nothing I have identified as dragon armor.
The best I got was plate +1 so I equiped it and went to the dragon spire cave. I used the note in the box then the copper dragon still attacks me and I get a message saying maybe there is a better way in.
What does the dragon armor look like? Where is it located?
What am I doing wrong?
Thanks for any help in advance.
LostSoul.

I figured out what I was doing wrong
Thanks.