Not being much of a miner even though I have played a long time I found out that if you have the "Select Next Target" enabled and have the "Move to target" option selected when you find a claim you can do a select next target and hit the auto-use tool and it will take you right to the claim and start the excavation. For me this is very handy when I am in dense foliage or even a long distant away as the claim is a bit small to see even though it is on your radar.
Anyway hope this helps someone.
Anyway hope this helps someone.