"Bomb" flags in mining

[Jackwolf]

http://ringofbrodgar.com/wiki/Display_Sign

It's liftable, ie reusable. Can be built before mining. If i'm not mistaken it'll show the number of cave dust placed in it (Can't test rn, because of a troll infestation.)

[banok]

id be surprised if it wasnt already in some third party client, so may as well be in the game. I guess try hard groups just use supports, personally enjoyed no support mining as hermit.

[Granger]

You can (or at least could) absorb flags from others to increase your limit.

[Agame]

id be surprised if it wasnt already in some third party client, so may as well be in the game. I guess try hard groups just use supports, personally enjoyed no support mining as hermit.

As long as you did not hit ore, any direction is as good as any while "prospecting" so you do not need mine supports to help you go in a straight line.
Once you did hit ore, usually ore vein is large enough to allow you to go around "bombs" and if they are not a bunch of them in a tight radius, using a mine support that costs one metal bar is usually not a gain.