Spent Hours Mining Over 100,000 Coins in Forager

My stupid idea today is to accomplish all my goals just by mining gold since gold equals money.This is on hard mode. Turns out progress is much slower than I anticipated. Right away I manage to upgrade my pickaxe and amulet so I can make the most of what little resources I can find. I spend hours grinding my way to unlock new skills like always finding coal from rocks. Once I unlock the quarries the ore spawns itself, from there I manage to create a few mining rods and lighthouses. Everything at that point