Try the following: dig straight down until you hit bedrock (unbreakable rock) then come up about 3 steps/squares and start tunnel with branches. I've used this method and have huge reserve of gold, iron and diamonds plus other minerals.
Rule #1 of Minecraft, never dig straight down!
Got this on the PC as well in the end and that is it, I am hooked big time! I'm a console gamer through and through, but couldn't get on with it on 360, but the PC version is fantastic... Started playing it, 6 hours later I was still at it.
The texture pack modding ability really improves it too!
Get the switcher mod ! really helps mining
Sounds like a good mod... can't seem to get it to work though? Put the contents of ModLoader in my minecraft.jar and the autoswitch file in there, start the game and hit F10 and nout, doesn't switch my tool at all.
There was no meta-inf folder in my minecraft.jar but in my minecraft-1.2.5.jar, so I deleted the folder in there and copied the same files in there for good measure but still nothing.
Game creates the mods/autoswitch/config.txt for me though.
Have you got mod loader installed ?
You don't need to press anything, just have the tools in you hot bar and mine and it should switch it automatically.
Here's vid showing how to install it
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6iC3ETgMWA
Got my first mob grinder working, just need to add a few more levels to increase the spawns and find some way to stop the bloody spiders getting out!
Nope on the xbox. Already filled a chest with loot![]()
Got my first mob grinder working, just need to add a few more floors to increase the spawns and find some way to stop the bloody spiders getting out!