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[FallingWhale]

The only use for shovels I can think of is sapping, non dwarfs shouldn't be able to know how to make magic picks, magic shovels are okay; it keeps a stone deep forts safe.

[TheyTarget]

Doesn't modern gem mining involve dumping hundreds of tons of rock through crushers and then sifting out the gems?

Anyway, as far as the 'how large can an area be without collapsing' idea, I think it should be the same for all races for a bare stone chamber. 6x6 max, any larger will collapse without support. You can leave natural stone pillars, build supports, etc.

There should also be an option to reinforce or brace an area with metal or wood, like the wooden bracing you see in real mining tunnels.

Yes thats how gems are extracted in modern day. Its why gems are always small, and you only get massive gems that are really really old and extracted by hand long ago. Theres a size limit, and its something like a marble.

[forsaken1111]

Yes thats how gems are extracted in modern day. Its why gems are always small, and you only get massive gems that are really really old and extracted by hand long ago. Theres a size limit, and its something like a marble.

Interesting. I had no idea, so was taking a wild guess.

Or maybe I saw some discovery channel show on it years ago and it was floating around in my subconscious.

Anyway... now I want to make a custom workshop that destroys stone and gets gems. I bet someone already has.

[TheyTarget]

Yes thats how gems are extracted in modern day. Its why gems are always small, and you only get massive gems that are really really old and extracted by hand long ago. Theres a size limit, and its something like a marble.

Interesting. I had no idea, so was taking a wild guess.

Or maybe I saw some discovery channel show on it years ago and it was floating around in my subconscious.

Anyway... now I want to make a custom workshop that destroys stone and gets gems. I bet someone already has.

Discovery did do a few shows on it over a few years ago. It was probably there.

[SirHoneyBadger]

There still are many small-scale miners who go out and dig up gems by hand. That's where you'd get the beautiful crystal formations you see in rock&gem specialty stores.

I've got a section of a geode with amethyst crystals on it, some of which are the size of a nectarine. There was also recently an emerald cluster discovered, roughly the size of a lounge-chair.

And yes, please do Necro threads as much as possible. It cuts down on clutter, saves everyone's time, and keeps ideas from getting lost.

By the way, if anyone's looking to purchase a garden tool (it's a little late this year, but garden and flower beds should still be turned over before winter), I *highly recommend* you invest in one of those yellow plastic shatterproof handles. I've never regretted owning any tool with one of them, whether it was a shovel, or my mattock.

If we ever get breakable tools, the guy who sells handles is gonna be one rich bastard.