I agree with DRAGONF0RCE's comment. This ain't Facebook, and I ain't a 40 year old woman playing Farmville. Rated 1/5, stopped playing before the tutorial was even over.
Now remember miners, just because you got all the gold out of the ground doesn't mean that you've necessarily met your quota. Be sure to pad your total a bit with random rocks and maybe a few bats!
Love the basic idea, but all the extra junk drags this down into near-unplayability. The fun here is strictly rationed with artificial boundaries popping up everywhere you turn. Don't even bother with this game, it's just one long, unending sales pitch - buy a few more days, buy a recipe, buy another craftsman's workshop, buy, buy, buy.