mining; digging; working (a mine)
excavation; exhumation; digging up; discovery (of a new fact, talent, etc.); finding; unearthing
illegal digging; illegal mining; grave robbing; tomb robbing
dig site; excavation site
excavation (usu. archeological); dig
prospecting; trial digging
excavation team; dig team
desecration of a tomb; grave excavation
(crime of) grave excavation
prospecting rights; mining claim
scouring (of a riverbed or seafloor)
mining site; quarry; diggings; stope
exploratory excavation; prospecting
overmining (e.g. of coal); reckless mining