While an interesting idea, that would take too much of the challenge out of mining. As it is, all you have to do is sit in a room for hours on end and type 'mine' over and over. A smart player with a good client can have a script do the work for them and come out a few days later at Level 50 with a top-end weapon and some cash to boot. The only malus is that you'll get killed by a Crazed Miner while AFK and lose all your stuff like I did. Heh.
A more sensible idea is in-game trading with other players, but I'm not even sure how well that would work.
Still, interesting idea.
Mining idea
Just a question can someone take out the stones we find during mining ? The bright pink or green blue etc stones.. Or give them a value or allow them to do something when smithing ? Whether it be weight ob damage parry or something ? Please. It really does suck when yer mining and it takes 3 or 4 minutes then you get one of these stones and then another 
..I know they had a use but now they don't so what reason are they in the game ?
..I know they had a use but now they don't so what reason are they in the game ?