i'll be having at it tomorrow now as i have a diamond pick and shovel. I'll be concentrating on the area within the torches while the area outside will just be grassed off. Any help would be greatly appreciated, and the area is rich in coal, so it might be worthwhile to someone who has very little coal.
Edit: just one thing though; i've got a massive mine/cave complex under my house and i dunno but there's a chance that anyone helping me could dig out the wrong block and fall to a unfortunate end. I know it does go under furburger's house (naturally, not on purpose by me) and it reaches under the castle thing with the massive walls on the other side of my house and i *think* it goes under spawn, not 100% sure.