What's the best map near Lymhurst to mine T5 Ore?

Hey everyone, my main gathering profession is mining, and I enjoy doing it in the safe zones on my phone when I'm away from home.

Usually, I do this by gathering in Steelhide Meadow, a blue zone, which nets me around 120k/h, which isn't a lot but it's safe so hey, not complaining.

But I've been wondering if I should change my mining location from Steelhide Meadow to Cairn Darg, a yellow zone in Fort Sterling, not very far from Lymhurst.

The biggest advantage from gathering in Steelhide Meadow is that it's a Lymhurst blue zone, which means I can enlist for faction warfare and gain (an admittedly low amount of) faction points. The downside is that it's a very populated area, which makes its resources more scarce, and also that it's not a biome specialized in Ores, so the resources themselves are less common.

On the other hand, Cairn Darg is a yellow zone from Fort Sterling, which means not only that reds could keep knocking me down, sending me who knows how many maps back, but also I couldn't even enlist for faction warfare, since I'd get downed by FS players all the time.

On the upside, besides the comparably bigger amount of nodes I'd find, there are also ore elementals walking around, which I could kill for even more gathering.

So, more experienced gatherers than me, what's your opinion? Should I stick to the safety and familiarity of Steelhide Meadow, or should I risk Cairn Darg?

thank you for reading and for any help :)