The phrase "and the digging of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to the act of excavating or searching for something, often in a metaphorical or literal sense.
Example: "The project involves the analysis of soil samples and the digging of test pits to assess the land's suitability for construction."
Alternatives: "and the excavation of" or "and the unearthing of".
Volcanic rock around Goma makes the drilling of wells and the digging of latrines impossible in most places.
The problem went beyond rockets to mines planted near the border aimed at Israeli military jeeps and the digging of explosive-filled tunnels.
He located detention and execution sites and recruited people to help with the killing and the digging of mass graves, court documents said.
In the 1930s John Brinkley almost became governor on a non-party platform of clinics for the poor, free textbooks for children and the digging of ponds that he said would make it rain.
They've also gained a glimpse of the cat's daily schedule, which seems to involve frequent bouts of territorial marking: cheek rubs, spraying with tail raised, and the digging of little divots in the ground.
The programme benefited 52.5m households in 2009-2010, and put people to work building productive assets or providing environmental services, such as water harvesting and conservation and the digging of irrigation canals.
In the development of water resources beyond their natural condition in rivers, lakes, and springs, the digging of shallow wells was probably the earliest innovation.
Experts say it may take 11 years to finish, cost $40bn and require the digging of about 130 miles (200km) of waterway.
Two weeks and thirty feet later, the digging of the pit latrines is finished, and after constructing a wall, they will be ready for business.
Commodity prices have peaked, and investments generated by the boom — the digging of coal and iron ore mines, the laying of pipelines, the construction of terminals — is slowing.
The first to be depleted was flat oyster (Ostrea edulis); after that the digging of cockles and clams began, and as Ruditapes decussatus became scarcer, the digging of Venerupis pullastra began.
