The Mining Well will dig a hole straight down underneath it. It requires an alternating redstone current (1.7.3.x) or engine (2.x) in order to function. The Mining Well will stop drilling down once it hits lava or bedrock. Destroying the Mining Well with a pickaxe will result in the Mining Well being dropped as an item able to be picked up and placed again. The Mining Well leaves Mining Pipe down the hole it drills, which can be left in place or punched away. If you destroy the Mining Well without first punching away the Mining Pipe directly below it, all the Mining Pipe will disappear, leaving a deep hole. (3.2.0). Blocks that the Mining Well digs out pop out of the Mining Well, unless there is a pipe attached, or a chest next to the mining well. It essentially is a 1x1 digging quarry, except it is less expensive.

Power requirements: max speed with 10 (hot) redstone engines (can someone confirm this? redstone engines can't be used with conductive pipes and its obviously not possible to place more than 5 adjacent to the well), two stirling engines burning coal or one burning lava.

Caution: The piping left behind by the Mining Well will not fill up the entire block beneath it. Use caution when breaking your Mining Well as it may fall down the hole you created.

The Mining Well can be converted/upgraded into a Pump.

RecipeEdit

Ingredients:

• 6 x Iron Ingots
  
• 1 x Iron Pickaxe
  
• 1 x Redstone Dust
  
• 1 x Iron Gear
  

Produces: 1 x Mining Well

NotesEdit

• Despite using an Iron Pickaxe in the recipe, it can mine Obsidian, making it possible to obtain Obsidian Pipe without finding any diamonds
• The mining well will not be able to pass lava, though it can continue operation if water is in the way