1.When you are mining use a stone or better picaxe.

2.Watch out for lava and water when you are mining.

3.Watch out for mobs when you are mining.

4.When you are mining you should bring torches.

 

Ores in Minecraft

	Ore	Where to Look	Uses
	Coal	Anywhere underground, but most abundant below layer 40.	Torches, furnace fuel.
	Iron	Anywhere underground, but most abundant below layer 40.	Crafting tools and armour and building railways.
	Gold	Deep underground, below layer 30.	Crafting, brewing potions, powered rails.
	Redstone	Below layer 16.	Redstone circuits, crafting, potion brewing.
	Lapis lazuli	Below layer 30, most abundant near layer 12.	Decorative
	Emerald	Below layer 30, only in “extreme hill” terrain.	Trading with Villagers.
	Diamond	Below layer 16.	The best armour, tools and weapons.
	Nether Quartz	In the Nether.	Quartz blocks and daylight detectors.