3 hour maintenance for special dye?

[Estellios]

It's more difficult to get the level needed for DoL than it is for DoW/M. To get the 383 for my miner, i needed to farm up another Forager's Dolabra AND use top gathering gear melded with gathering materia.

You don't need another forager's tool. Just fully meld Gathering on everything, I think some slots don't even accept Gathering materia at all. Also use crafted i70 battle accessories instead of the gathering specific ones. They are All Classes, GP is useless for retainers, and they have a higher +Gathering cap that adds up.