What’s generally better gold for casually picking up nodes in between queues? Can’t have both due to Engineering goggle mog requirements 
I have her and alchemy for gold farming.
I’d say the herbs cost more, but the basic of mining (bismuth) cost the most.
Anecdote, but it feels like there’s generally more herb nodes in Khaz Algar than minerals. I feel like Herbs are also somewhat more valuable as a resource, contributing to Alchemy and Inscription as reagents, whereas minerals only go to Blacksmithing (correct me if I am wrong), so herbs would theoretically be in higher demand on the AH compared to an equal tier mineral.
I’ve always like herbing.
Mining goes well with engineering, you can use one profession to support the other one.
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Herb tends to be better in the long run, through the expac because potions will always be needed. Cauldrons and flasks are very demanding especially for raiding. and if you wanted to double up, Enchanting/herb is great for passive gold making over the course of the expac!
Engineering and Jewelcrafting as well.
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I should have known JC, I was a jewelcrafter back in Legion to Shadowlands.
Never had Engineering so that one I didn’t know.
Engineering will very quickly deplete the largest of Bismuth supplies, heh.
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Ditch the goggles and get both
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Non-gathering professions are useless, get both. 
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I would say mining cuz the mats are like x3 times the price as herbing at least for now
I usually go both on most of my characters. I like the bonus XP and gold I can make, from both.
Bismuth is stupidly expensive for the amount you get.
So go into herbs so you don’t compete with me.
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I would take Herb. Both are decent now but Herb will always be needed for potions/flasks/vials throughout the expansion.
There are more herb nodes than mineral nodes in every zone in this game. There might be 1-2 oddball exceptions for a “flavor zone”, but I can’t think of one off the top of my head. Even desert zones where plants shouldn’t really grow… have more herbs than minerals.
You can go to almost any area in the entire game and find a majority of spots with 3, 4, 5 herb nodes… and only 1 ore node.
I don’t know why herbs are so much more common, but it’s a fact.
Read an article on wowhead over the weekend about dual gathering builds and recommendations, and from that, it sounded like mining was more profitable than herbalism because of the AH price of bismuth and null stones, primarily.
That may be worth a look to help decide which would be better for you.
/moo 