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'''Bedrock:'''
'''Bedrock:'''
In rare cases the miner mines bedrock as well.
In rare cases the miner mines bedrock as well.



Revision as of 21:32, 12 September 2011

Miner
Miner ig.png
Properties
Type Machine




Stackable Yes (64)






Technical Details
UU Cost {{{uu_cost}}}
First appearance ?
ID IC2:{{{id}}}


The Automated Miner is the lazy man's answer to mining.

Why spend all that time down in dangerous caves when with a little EU, and a few bits and pieces, you can mine ore from the surface!

Requirements[edit]

To run the Automated Miner requires 4 things:

Energy: From a cable or portable sources

Pipe: Mining Pipe is consumed to dig down. Returned once the miner retracts

Drill bit: Mining Drill or Diamond Drill

Scanner: OD Scanner or OV Scanner

Operation[edit]

To use the miner insert a Drill Bit into the top-left, a Scanner in the top-right and your Mining Pipes into the top-middle.

The miner will consume the pipes to dig down extracting ore it finds in its scan range(See Scanning Range section).

Any ore found will be brought up and ejected onto the surface next to the miner. Placing a chest next to the miner will result in the ore being stored in it instead.

Once the miner has finished you can retract the pipes by removing the Drill bit. Also you may place blocks (Dirt etc.) in the pipe slot to fill in the shaft when it retracts.

Scanning range[edit]

A miner with an OD Scanner mines all ore in a 5x5 block area around it.

The 5x5 blocks area

However a miner with an OV Scanner mines all ore in a massive 9x9 block area!

The 9x9 blocks area

Liquids[edit]

If the miner hits water or lava while tunneling it will stop unless they are cleared.

Alternatively if you place a pump next to the miner (filled with empty cells) it will extract the liquids for you, storing the lava in the cells for power generation!

Recipe[edit]

Grid Electronic Circuit.png


Grid Machine.png
Grid Mining Pipe.png
Grid Mining Pipe.png
Grid Electronic Circuit.png


Grid Miner.png



Energy Costs[edit]

Rough power costs for one operation:

Mining Drill: ~450-470 EU

Diamond Drill: ~880-900 EU

OD Scanner: ~65-75 EU

OV Scanner: ~165-190 EU

So the cost to drill down 1 level with a Mining Drill + OD Scanner is ~460+~70 = 530

And the cost to drill down 1 level with a Diamond Drill + OD Scanner is ~990+~70 = 960

Diamond Drills are far more expensive but far faster. ~4 times as fast.


EU/Tick:

A miner with a Mining Drill and OD Scanner will use ~2-3 EU/t.

A miner with a Diamond Drill and OV Scanner will use ~20-24 EU/t due to the higher cost per tool and faster mining speed.

Other Notes[edit]

Miners can not mine through items like torches, redstone wiring etc.

Bedrock:


In rare cases the miner mines bedrock as well.