Originally posted by knighttemplar1960:

If you aren't a purist you can use dev commands to spawn in all the things you need to rebuild your gear and save the grind time from what appears to be a glitch but is actually the way that the game is programmed. (Your character and the world map are separate saves.)

You can also put your portal inside the hole you dug when you were mining silver (or you can use your pick to dig a nearby hole). The golem can't hit you or the portal in there and it can't climb down into the pit unless you made a ramp instead of leaving steep sides.

You can't build a portal inside a frost cave unless you are using mods since the dungeons and caves are separate instances.

Ahh. I see, I didn't know that they were separate saves, thank you for that. As for the dev commands, I think I'm okay grinding to get that gear again. Thank you for the recommendations though!