Gnome's refuse to pick up pick axes

[DeadBabyJuggler]

I'm in fall, survived Summer with a handful of Gnome deaths. Trying to mine and none of the new Gnomads or old gnome's I re-assign to Miner's will use pick axes. Even freshly made one's from the Blacksmith. Any fixes/solutions?

[D3s_ToD3s]

"Military">"Uniforms">"New"
Call it Miner-Mail or somthn lik tat.
"right hand">"none">Change it to "Pickaxe"

"Population">"Professions">Miner:
On the top-right side should be written "Uniform"
"Default">Click, Change it to the described, new created Miner-Mail.

Szggestion:
"left hand">"none">Change it to "Torch"

[cyberphenaeri]

There was a bug like this a few patches ago - check if your game is up to date?

[DeadBabyJuggler]

Hey guys. Thanks for your responses. Meant to update this post. I discovered the reason why this was happening. I was telling the Gnome's to Dig Stairs Down before mining, and kept doing it in that order. They won't pick up the Pick Axes unless you tell them to mine a wall first. Stupid but it took me like a day to figure out why they weren't.

[Pattisaurusrex]

I was having this same issue, post #3 was my solution. Thanks!