Miner
Miners are workers with cracked, stony skin who toil in the mines and tunnels of the Lands Between. They fight with pickaxes and explosive stones once meant for blasting rock. Some swing lanterns that spit fire, and others haul sacks of rocks and hurl them along with explosive and poisoned stones. A Glintstone Miner variant also exists.
You meet them in the Limgrave Tunnels, Morne Tunnel, the Ruin-Strewn Precipice in Liurnia of the Lakes, Gael Tunnel and Old Altus Tunnel. Some of these tunnels also hold a Stonedigger Troll.
Drops
Smithing Stones
Explosive Stone
Explosive Stone Clump
Gravel Stone
Weaknesses
Resistances & immunities
How to beat it
Bring a hammer or club if you can: their stone skin shrugs off slashing but cracks under strike damage. Watch the ones with sacks and lanterns, since they can hit you from range with thrown stones or fire. Close the distance quickly and take them down before they start throwing.
Lore
The poisoned stones they throw were originally tools for keeping pests out of the mines.