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Which one of you minecrafters has actually crafted a mine?

I like to put my mine under my house actually. Doing it that way results in fewer random creeper attacks.
 
Not a backyard mine, but over the years, I helped build a couple of REAL mines...including assembling the shovels, drills, haul trucks, and draglines...built the crusher plant in another.

If you dig a mine in your back yard...what do you do with the spoils/overburden?

That's a LOT of dirt to get rid of.
 
I've always thought about it. Imagine mining out a few floors under your house to increase your sq footage. I saw a show where some guy did this and he had an elevator to bring you to each floor, each one housed a different "hobby" he had. One of the floors had a replica of an old fashioned street corner. It was pretty cool.
 
BoomerD said:
Not a backyard mine, but over the years, I helped build a couple of REAL mines...including assembling the shovels, drills, haul trucks, and draglines...built the crusher plant in another.

If you dig a mine in your back yard...what do you do with the spoils/overburden?

That's a LOT of dirt to get rid of.
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You build castles and life sized replicas of random Star Wars stuff.
 
When I was really little, I was intrigued about the layers of the earths crust.

Determined to penetrate the first layer of topsoil and find bedrock, I started digging in my back yard near a tree.

After my mom drove her tractor into the hole accidentally, she yelled at me and asked me what the fuck I was doing.

I told her I wanted to dig through the earth's crust to find bedrock.

She told me I didn't dig far enough, and to go fill the hole.
 
BoomerD said:
Not a backyard mine, but over the years, I helped build a couple of REAL mines...including assembling the shovels, drills, haul trucks, and draglines...built the crusher plant in another.

If you dig a mine in your back yard...what do you do with the spoils/overburden?

That's a LOT of dirt to get rid of.
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Sounds like fun. Glad you werent caught in a cave in. Ive known a miner who nearly was.


Wyndru said:
I've always thought about it. Imagine mining out a few floors under your house to increase your sq footage. I saw a show where some guy did this and he had an elevator to bring you to each floor, each one housed a different "hobby" he had. One of the floors had a replica of an old fashioned street corner. It was pretty cool.
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I dont see anything wrong with it. My home has a basement and it comes in handy. 🙂

mizzou said:
When I was really little, I was intrigued about the layers of the earths crust.

Determined to penetrate the first layer of topsoil and find bedrock, I started digging in my back yard near a tree.

After my mom drove her tractor into the hole accidentally, she yelled at me and asked me what the fuck I was doing.

I told her I wanted to dig through the earth's crust to find bedrock.

She told me I didn't dig far enough, and to go fill the hole.
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You should dig a new dig and then invite your mom over to critique your work. 🙂
 
Wyndru said:
I've always thought about it. Imagine mining out a few floors under your house to increase your sq footage. I saw a show where some guy did this and he had an elevator to bring you to each floor, each one housed a different "hobby" he had. One of the floors had a replica of an old fashioned street corner. It was pretty cool.
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This sounds awesome.

I would love to do something like that, except for the amount of work and dealing with permits ....
If I ever become insanely wealthy, I'll build a nice big earth sheltered home, in the mean time, 1 basement is enough for me 🙂
 
BurnItDwn said:
This sounds awesome.

I would love to do something like that, except for the amount of work and dealing with permits ....
If I ever become insanely wealthy, I'll build a nice big earth sheltered home, in the mean time, 1 basement is enough for me 🙂
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Totally agreed. Something I would also do given unlimited income.
 
BurnItDwn said:
This sounds awesome.

I would love to do something like that, except for the amount of work and dealing with permits ....
If I ever become insanely wealthy, I'll build a nice big earth sheltered home, in the mean time, 1 basement is enough for me 🙂
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No need for permits, just soundproof the walls and bring out the dirt and rock in small amounts and no one will even know 😀
 
Howard said:
Hide the entrance and you'll be off scott-free even if you sell.
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I just have be very careful where I dig due to the whole septic drain field buried in the back yard ..

Well, that and the whole electrical line, water line, and gas line ....
 
BoomerD said:
Not a backyard mine, but over the years, I helped build a couple of REAL mines...including assembling the shovels, drills, haul trucks, and draglines...built the crusher plant in another.

If you dig a mine in your back yard...what do you do with the spoils/overburden?

That's a LOT of dirt to get rid of.
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That's when you go all Tekkit, build a condenser, and convert the dirt into gold and diamonds :awe:
 
Wyndru said:
I've always thought about it. Imagine mining out a few floors under your house to increase your sq footage. I saw a show where some guy did this and he had an elevator to bring you to each floor, each one housed a different "hobby" he had. One of the floors had a replica of an old fashioned street corner. It was pretty cool.
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I think quite a few people do that these days to grow pot.
 
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