95 - Breakthrough
'no tight fits between these stones, we can break through this easily enough.' he said, and two of his men brought down their pickaxes on the stone. dwarves on the other side of the wall recognised the sounds immediately. 'commander!'
Age of Cataclysm: Book 1-Chapter 27
They descend into the cave man-made from the markings and remnants from the past—abandoned minecarts, broken rails, and pickaxes suggest that the party members are in a mine, most likely producing rune from the history of port direrun.
The Tale of Happy Tree: Day 2 - Take Up Arms
"i doubt a bunny like you could swing the pickaxe quick enough before they trampled all over you. that's why i'm here."
Where Dragons Rule: Lyndria Chapter 14
There were voices and the sound of shovels and pickaxes being used. dim light from a single lantern gave just enough to make out his surroundings. and he wished he couldn't.
A Hrothgar's Welcome
"forget about the pickaxe. you can cut rocks with _this_ thing!" carl laughed again, but this time he sounded uneasy, like his masculinity was taken down a peg. "it's all part of growing up, dad," nomi reassured him.
Tears In Rain
"good pickax, though." the desert planet would never be the mantis' favorite, that much was for sure. "i imagine decent tools must make quite a difference, working in a place like this."
Unnamed
"still, i haven't ever seen somebody being put here just because he broke a pickaxe, those things keep breaking left and right. we'd all be tied up in here if that was enough to warrant this."
Shooting to Win
Couldn't they have turned out bearing pickaxes or something? that would have at least added a bit more drama in. behind him, danica sucked in a breath and swore.
Dogsitting Mishaps
Jaden said, eyes locked on the screen where he was trying to run away from some monster while flailing a pickaxe. “leave me alone, i just want my body back!" he wailed dramatically, eyes flicking over to the laptop he had at his side to read chat.
Into the empty(?) lab
The "entrance" to the lab wasn't exactly an official one, due to the dropping temperature and darkness around her, lilly decided to make her own entrance and use her handy golden pickaxe to break a hole right through one of the sides of the lab.
A Forge of Heroes - Plans and Punishment
"it'd take us time to gather all the tools and weapons together, and they do a pickaxe tally every night. if one was missing, we'd all get in trouble for it. and the blacksmiths...a few of them are informers.
Circles (Un)Broken - Ch. 5 : Samuel
The pickaxe was still lodged deep into his skull. the rest of his body, on the other hand, was nowhere to be found. jack's head had been severed from the neck down. sam felt dizzy.