technically its not. digging is annoying. u have to deal with crabs and u gotta deal with noobs tryna steal ur shells 24/7 and finding a spot these days for digging is hell. and dont forget the fact that its like the most tireing job ever. i dig for maybe and hour and my thumb hurts. on the other hand, mining is peaceful. its slow at first but it gets faster and faster as u lvl up more and more. plus when u reach lvl 100 its overly the best job in the game by far. the only thing bad about mining is the fact that theres noobie barrel throwers. but thats easily overcome cause theres like 4-5 mines. 2 in southridge. one in a base and the one near the mall, then theres a mine near bh, theres the original wiluna mines, theres the mine near the main spar complex, and then last but not least u got the frozen mine in gangster zone. so i rather mine then dig. but thats my opinion.