Mining

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Looking to strike big in the mining world? Want all the money in a LEGAL fashion? Mining might just be for you! Mining, or Paydirt, is a legal activity that consists of mining dirt and gems, refining them into ore, and selling them for profit.

Getting Started

To get started with Mining, you will need to head over to the Quarry. This is located off to the right of Sandy Shores and can be found with the following GPS Marker:  {insert

Quarry icon}. 

The Process

As you mine, you will passively find either paydirt or uncut gems. Both of these items have a separate weight requirement - you are able to continue mining despite not having the inventory space required, but you will not pick the paydirt or gems up.

Paydirt

Paydirt requires additional processing before it is ready to sell. You will have to take the paydirt to the refined point, which can be found with this icon:

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paydirt wash icon}. 

At this location, you are able to wash your paydirt into different ores - the likelihood of ores dropping canvary bebased seenon heretheir inrarity. Here's all the belowores table.which can drop:

Coal

Copper

Tin

Iron

Silver

Runite

Ore	Rarity
Coal	tbd
Copper	tbd
Tin	tbd
Iron	tbd
Silver	tbd
Gold Nugget	tbd
Runite	tbd (good luck)

Once you've converted all of your paydirt into the various ores, you can sell these at the refinery in Los Santos. This is located at the icon here:

{paydirt

sell icon}.

The money you receive from selling your ores will go straight into your bank account.

Gems

There is a chance to discover uncut gems in place of paydirt while mining. These also have unique rarity values,values. as shown:

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Ruby

Sapphire

Diamond

Gem	Rarity
Gems that can be discovered: Emerald	tbd
Ruby	tbd
Sapphire	tbd
Diamond	tbd

Gems are ready to sell as soon as they are mined. You can sell these at any pawn shop on the map as indicated by the dollar icon.