simply put, shouldn't the surveying animation be your toon digging not mining? it seems so obvious, and even the icon for surveying is a spade
anyone else agree?
Yes. Yes it should be. Yes I agree. No it's not important enough compared to other things that needed to be implemented. Maybe expect it in the future, but right now, Blizzard can't really be blamed for this when using the mining animation gets the general idea across.