Run A Farm Mining Guide: How to Dig for Ore and What It Gives You

Quick answer

Yes — Run A Farm gives you a mine of your own, and digging ore there is one of the core activities the game is built around. Mining is hands-on: you dig the ore yourself, everything you collect is tracked in an ore bin with a current/capacity readout, and a depth counter shows how far down the mine runs.

• The developer's official description lists “Dig for ore in your own mine” right next to collecting eggs, farming crops and hauling goods by truck.
• One late-game farm ran at DEPTH 23 with an ore bin reading 454/2,600 — that farm's state at that moment, not fixed game rules.
• Hired workers keep the rest of the farm moving while you focus on mining, but the digging itself is a job you do personally.

Where mining fits on your farm

Mining is not a hidden extra in Run A Farm — it's one of the headline activities. The developer's official description puts “Dig for ore in your own mine” in the same list as collecting eggs at your stand, planting and harvesting crops with tractors, and driving your trucks to town to sell goods. The mine is yours, just like your coops and fields, so a digging trip is a normal part of running the farm rather than an optional detour.

It behaves like your other hands-on work, too: you handle it personally, in the same farm loop where you harvest, haul and collect, while workers cover the tasks you've hired them for.

If you're just starting out, our Run A Farm beginner guide covers the early game, and the mine location guide is the place to look if you're not sure where the mine sits.

What you see in the mine

Two readouts matter once you're digging. The depth counter tracks how deep the mine currently runs and climbs as you dig — one late-game farm already read DEPTH 23, a hint that the mine extends further down the deeper you work. The ore bin gauge is your haul: the first number counts the ore collected so far and the second is the bin's capacity, so 454/2,600 means 454 ore sitting in a bin that holds 2,600. Both counters sit at the left edge of the screen while you dig:

Neither value is a fixed rule — both were just that farm's state at that moment. What they show is how the mine reports progress: depth for how far down you've gotten, and the bin for how much ore you're carrying.

You dig — workers run the rest

Digging for ore is a personal job. Guides group it with harvesting crops and driving trucks into town as the hands-on work you do yourself, so mining time is your time.

Workers are what free up that time. Run A Farm lets you hire workers to run the farm for you, and the benefit maps directly onto a mining session: daily tasks keep moving — eggs, crops, truck runs — while you focus on the mine. The guides don't show workers operating the mine itself, though, so treat the digging as your own job and staff the rest of the farm around it.

Our workers guide covers hiring, and free cash from working codes can help you afford another worker or a vehicle sooner, so even more of the farm keeps moving while you're underground.

What mining gives you

Ore — that's mining's direct payoff. Every digging run adds to the tally in your ore bin, counted against its capacity, while the depth counter records how far down your work has taken you. The bin reading is the concrete result of a mining trip and the number to check on your haul; for a closer look at the ore itself, see the Run A Farm ore guide.