User blog comment:Feldpausch All4/Mining in Middle Earth/@comment-4750818-20141120125525/@comment-25225066-20141121212903

Yeah, if all you need iron and coal, this works just fine. I have actually found that you can find a lot of ore in caves, and any cave you find at the diamond level can have diamonds. That is why I am mining in Lindon right now. The most dangerous thing about exploring caves is lava.