Originally posted by Khyryl:

hello what do you by burying all? is this by using a hoe to make the ground raise? if so, then if I were to bury everything except for a portion of the vein then mine it will cause the rest of the veins to collapse?

It can be tricky, but yes. When you pickaxe a piece of any big rock any parts that are left with no direct connection to the ground will detonate, and it treats being *under* the surface as 'not connected' as well. You see this happen accidentally sometimes with silver.