Day 464:<\/p>\n
Sometimes I dig straight ahead and only veer off for the occasional seam of interesting-looking ore.<\/p>\n
Sometimes I veer off for every interesting-looking seam of ore. I have to admit I’ve been doing that more here than in any other mining job I’ve had.<\/p>\n
What I’m doing right now, while I’m looking for diamonds, is following every seam of ore, but in a very specific way… I follow them out as far away from me as they go, and then I dig each one in order back toward me, so that eventually I’ll be back where I started.<\/p>\n
Granted, I’ll be back where I started with a whole bunch of giant caverns to fall into, but hopefully I’ll have more diamonds.<\/p>\n
I’ve got a little more than 64 reasonable sized pieces now, and when I hit 100, I’ve decided I’m going to make myself a pickaxe out of some of the bigger pieces. I think I’ll be able to dig toward the sheep faster that way.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Day 464: Sometimes I dig straight ahead and only veer off for the occasional seam of interesting-looking ore. Sometimes I veer off for every interesting-looking seam of ore. I have to admit I’ve been doing that more here than in any other mining job I’ve had. What I’m doing right now, while I’m looking for … <\/p>\n