If I mined all day every day for 13 years I would get to Industrial miner I
the numbers involved are just stupid and need adjusting down

No they do not. You just need a Connie and a bunch of capital mining turrets.

Here you go:

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Now can I have my Connie back? :-)

You can blame me for the badges/ribbons. I thought of long term goals and perhaps further development with game content, such as 1000cu hold mining barges with 8 mining beams. :DDD