where is a good silver mine?? decided to make jewelry to increase my blacksmithing skill.

Try the Reach (Markath Area). Best source of silver I've found so far.

Theres a couple near the village of Karthwasten just north east of Markarth.

Theres also a nice gold mine but you'll have to fight your way to it.

why are you using jewelry to improve blacsmithing? the easiest way is to mass create iron daggers.

It's easy to use the transmute spell to turn iron ore into silver ore.

While true, the spell will automatically convert the silver ore into gold on the second cast, and you need 2 ore to make 1 ingot. You can still craft jewelry that way (and this is how I'm leveling smithing on my Khajiit) but not the same material as the op wanted.

Why the developers didn't find a way to make Silver->Gold on double cast instead of single I'll never know. Would've made the spell much more versatile.

EDIT: In case it wasn't clear, I was contesting the ease of use with regards to iron->silver transmutations, not the possibility. When forced to constantly drop the silver ore and recast, the process becomes tedious.