Mining Trip (AT LAST!)

[t3dd123]

Today, I fell in a mine that was near the surface on an AWESOME seed. I had the planks to get up immediately, but instead, I went on my first mining trip that was not asked of me or forced. I mined 24 Iron Ore before going to the surface. It felt nice to be near lava with wood and not die/drop wood in by mistake. I prefer Iron over Diamond because I have no plans to make a trip to the Nether, and Iron is more common.

The sad part is, I have been in only 1 mine that was better, and that one is inaccessible because the person who owns it is on vacation. What is the best mine you have been in, and why?

[SalasCraft]

I have been on plenty of mines, and it's even more fun if you go with friends.

Also, I kinda always skip the iron , I go for gold mostly, and diamond when it gets in my way

[Xeadin]

To be fair, whenever I venture down below the surface, I almost always find myself face-to-face with an abandoned mineshaft.

My favorite spot to mine resources is that in the Team9000 Survival server. I am currently undergoing rapid development on a raised peninsula/ mountain called Rocksing Heights (Yes, I named it myself), and it sits above a large abandoned mineshaft where I have multiple avenues of access.

I've had a lot of trial & error developing the landscape, but the rewards are great.

I most commonly look for Iron as well, because there are many other uses and implications for it than there are with diamonds.

[SpikeyThorn]

This is my method of mining diamonds, and all ores, i make multiple layers of this same layout, a 4x7 room, with the shown Veining method.
http://gyazo.com/e01821af489f046a8998ee07169662ef
Works a charm, i have 24 diamonds on the SMP opticraft server, i live in a desert, so nobody around

[t3dd123]

This is my method of mining diamonds, and all ores, i make multiple layers of this same layout, a 4x7 room, with the shown Veining method.

Works a charm, i have 24 diamonds on the SMP opticraft server, i live in a desert, so nobody around

Interesting, but my "mine" is a Ravine I fell into. I also encountered 2 lava springs in said ravine. Xeadin, I also saw a Mineshaft, but didn't go in. It was mostly blocked by stone, and the only way I knew it was there was a 1x1 hole that let me see fence. Funny Pic:

[SpikeyThorn]

This is my method of mining diamonds, and all ores, i make multiple layers of this same layout, a 4x7 room, with the shown Veining method.

Works a charm, i have 24 diamonds on the SMP opticraft server, i live in a desert, so nobody around

Interesting, but my "mine" is a Ravine I fell into. I also encountered 2 lava springs in said ravine. Xeadin, I also saw a Mineshaft, but didn't go in. It was mostly blocked by stone, and the only way I knew it was there was a 1x1 hole that let me see fence. Funny Pic:

OOps forgot to link the pic, now look!

[Spamarian]

The mine that I found yesterday in accidend after 20+ down mining, was a 3-4 floors full of tunnels with a chest with iron bars, iron pix, and some other things..
It has near it lava, water, mobs(that have killed me twice.). I think I wont go back there again, even if it has wood, iron, lapi, and some gold. I lose everything there..
I prefer now to sell some iron in a reasonable and profitable price..
Anyway, we will see..

[SalasCraft]

The mine that I found yesterday in accidend after 20+ down mining, was a 3-4 floors full of tunnels with a chest with iron bars, iron pix, and some other things..
It has near it lava, water, mobs(that have killed me twice.). I think I wont go back there again, even if it has wood, iron, lapi, and some gold. I lose everything there..
I prefer now to sell some iron in a reasonable and profitable price..
Anyway, we will see..

I'd like to explore it

[t3dd123]

The mine that I found yesterday in accidend after 20+ down mining, was a 3-4 floors full of tunnels with a chest with iron bars, iron pix, and some other things..
It has near it lava, water, mobs(that have killed me twice.). I think I wont go back there again, even if it has wood, iron, lapi, and some gold. I lose everything there..
I prefer now to sell some iron in a reasonable and profitable price..
Anyway, we will see..

I also would not need to go there at all. I don't see the value in Lapiz and Gold, I already have Iron, and my spawn is in a Taiga that is near a Mushroom biome.

[SalasCraft]

The mine that I found yesterday in accidend after 20+ down mining, was a 3-4 floors full of tunnels with a chest with iron bars, iron pix, and some other things..
It has near it lava, water, mobs(that have killed me twice.). I think I wont go back there again, even if it has wood, iron, lapi, and some gold. I lose everything there..
I prefer now to sell some iron in a reasonable and profitable price..
Anyway, we will see..

I also would not need to go there at all. I don't see the value in Lapiz and Gold, I already have Iron, and my spawn is in a Taiga that is near a Mushroom biome.

So you don't think that 75$ for each gold ingot is any valuable at all? It's very easy to find gold, and sells for more than iron.

[littlej11]

The mine that I found yesterday in accidend after 20+ down mining, was a 3-4 floors full of tunnels with a chest with iron bars, iron pix, and some other things..
It has near it lava, water, mobs(that have killed me twice.). I think I wont go back there again, even if it has wood, iron, lapi, and some gold. I lose everything there..
I prefer now to sell some iron in a reasonable and profitable price..
Anyway, we will see..

I also would not need to go there at all. I don't see the value in Lapiz and Gold, I already have Iron, and my spawn is in a Taiga that is near a Mushroom biome.

So you don't think that 75$ for each gold ingot is any valuable at all? It's very easy to find gold, and sells for more than iron.

liked it more when it sold for 200$. When i was rich

[morgosin]

To be fair, whenever I venture down below the surface, I almost always find myself face-to-face with an abandoned mineshaft.

ditto only whenever i find a fissure it always has multiple crossing fissures and a abandond mineshaft in it... Infact yester day i found one and got 6 diamonds, 36 gold, and 123 iron.

I am Lucky!!!

[t3dd123]

I know, but I mean practicality wise. Iron Tool: 251 Uses   Gold Tool: 33 Uses   Lapiz Lazulli Tool: Nonexistent

Nuff' said.

[clawstrider]

My main technique is "Ravining". Digging a long, long way until I find a ravine, then getting all the ores.
The other one is getting my slave (ZXFEAR) to mine 1 above bedrock for a long, long, long way and he gives me all ores he finds

[Spamarian]

Hahaha..!
May I take your slave?