Mining features - eg dinosaur skeletons

[Zarxes]

First i want to say, that i really dig the new mining. The new rock types are awesome and make mining a lot more diverse than it has been. I think mining has a TON of untapped potential and is now an even more of a worthwhile activity apart from mining mere metals.
I want to suggest more mining events - i know you probably have some of them already on your list *trolls* but here are some more ideas.
I would love to see Dinosaur skeletons that spread over multiple tiles.
Also cool would be for example treasure chests, roots, rabbitholes, moles and maybe ancient burial sites where you could dig out weapons with different models or uncover skulls of different qualities also those events could be possibly tied to certain rock types. Also it could be nice to uncover remnants of old civilizations, like past worlds? Maybe Stone tablets talking about some past historic places.

[jorb]

I agree that more events would be neat.

[DaniAngione]

Maybe dinosaur/whatever fossils could be a type of wall/rock itself, like 'Fossil Stone". When mined, it would provide a special stone type that could be 'cleaned' (pretty much like we do with mussels for pearls) but instead of becoming food, they'd become any common stone. However, each time a 'fossil stone' is cleaned, it has a chance to give a curio. Lots of new curios could be added, from not so uncommon primitive, former civilization small tools and ancient small fossils to very rare fossils, some stuff of legend like a dragon teeth or something that could give a lot of LP, etc...

Also, mining with a special 'prospector's pick' that is slower would have an increased chance of getting a curio.
The prospector pick would also serve as a way to 'check' tile stability like someone once suggest.

Now, I suppose that things like new 'stone types' or biomes can't be added 'cause the world has been generated already and adding them now could be problematic (?) This is just a guess , though... but if so, Fossil stones could just randomly come when mining, then

[jordancoles]

Digging into natural caverns is already a thing, it would be awesome if you could actually dig into burial chambers and throne rooms though

Find some wrought iron swords in chests with some special design on the chest, or a throne which can only be found in one of those caverns etc

Would be really really cool.
I loved collecting unique items like that in Starbound and Terraria

[CloudJhi]

Wouldn't mind more fossils than just a petrified seashell. Would be nice to hang neat bones on the walls too.

[abt79]

Wouldn't mind more fossils than just a petrified seashell. Would be nice to hang neat bones on the walls too.

Or if there were a few different curios (dragon/dinosaur skull, rib, teeth, etc) that could be built into the full skeleton.
Now that would be cool.

[spawningmink]

First i want to say, that i really dig the new mining. The new rock types are awesome and make mining a lot more diverse than it has been. I think mining has a TON of untapped potential and is now an even more of a worthwhile activity apart from mining mere metals.
I want to suggest more mining events - i know you probably have some of them already on your list *trolls* but here are some more ideas.
I would love to see Dinosaur skeletons that spread over multiple tiles.
Also cool would be for example treasure chests, roots, rabbitholes, moles and maybe ancient burial sites where you could dig out weapons with different models or uncover skulls of different qualities also those events could be possibly tied to certain rock types. Also it could be nice to uncover remnants of old civilizations, like past worlds? Maybe Stone tablets talking about some past historic places.

past worlds, wow this is acually an awesome idea