Question about professions

So yesterday I started my journey on Ambershire, I went for a High Elf Rogue (hunter seemed better but bored of class and wanted to check h elves), currently I am lvl 15 lvling on Darkshore. I took mining and skinning to get some cash running, but copper ores are scarse and theres not many items on AH, should I drop mining and go for leatherworking to just craft some EQ for myself? Also fck damn moonstalkers and their fangs, killed prolly over 50 of em and dropped like 2 lol.

EDIT: Also I cannot pickup quest "Gaffer Jacks", is it a bug or H Elves are not meant to do it?