How an asteroid mine becomes a logistics hub

Could hollowed asteroids become early colonies or mining bases?

Yes; a first mine could evolve into a central hub for subsidiary sites, much like a principal offshore platform serving a wider field.

The first asteroid mines could grow into inhabited nodes as excavated space becomes available. Their value would not end when the original deposit declined. The comparison is with North Sea energy infrastructure, where an older principal platform remains important because pipelines and control functions for satellite sites converge there. A mine could likewise become a durable logistics, command, processing, and transfer point after its richest deposits were gone.