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xRILLIANx

Good Mining Practice

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One warning to consider is that this method can be thrown off by the presence of multiple veins of the same ore in a small area. If you establish a "center" across all three dimensions and find no ore there, you might be near two veins. I've not yet had this happen, so I don't have a plan for dealing with it.

I've had that happen, it's a pain. Normally when it's just small clusters left scattered (does not help when mixed in with 2 other minerals). I have just given up after turning the place into Swiss cheese where the ores should be located.

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If you use it correctly, the propick can let you zero in on clusters with alarming precision. This is a more specific version of what danagor was describing:

  • Get your first reading of a vein.
  • Pick a direction at random and dig that way, checking for readings every few blocks. If your readings get stronger, keep going until they get weaker.
  • When the readings get weaker, stop and mark it off. I usually mark the boundary between "traces" and "nothing of interest found".
  • Turn around and go in the opposite direction until you find a similar boundary.
  • Count the number of blocks between your markers. Walk to the halfway point and start two tunnels perpendicular to your first one. (you're making a '+')
  • Find two more edges of the vein with these tunnels using steps 3-4.
  • Find the center using the method in step 5. The vein is now either above you or below you.
  • Dig shafts/stairways up and down from this new center. If your propick gives you a boundary between traces and nothing, then the vein is in the opposite direction.
  • Congratulations, ore! Unless you've been chasing some mineral.
Obviously if you hit the vein before completing these steps, then you don't have to keep going through it. I frequently hit the vein at step 7.

One warning to consider is that this method can be thrown off by the presence of multiple veins of the same ore in a small area. If you establish a "center" across all three dimensions and find no ore there, you might be near two veins. I've not yet had this happen, so I don't have a plan for dealing with it.

I'd like to add just one detail to this explanation:

The propick will give you the following readings : nothing of interest, traces of <ore>, small sample of <ore>, medium sample of <ore>, large sample of <ore> and very large sample of <ore>

I usually look for the middle of large or very large sample before going up or down. I also try to keep a good stack of ladders on so I can dig straight up or straight down. ( I want to make sure to remain in the middle of the detected sample)

Be careful when digging up because if you hit the bottom of a river or worst an ocean you may drown very fast cause you cant just plug the hole with any material. (you cannot place a rock in water)

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