Originally posted by jonnin:

Originally posted by Meow:

They do yeah but still, mining the small peckers seems to be much faster way to collect stone, than spending time on the big ones.

you are mining the wrong rocks.
go to the plains, if you can.
find a rock that looks like the empire state building.
mine around it until it has no more ground support. Its possible for it to hang in the air off a hair thin piece so you often have to buts from viking head height all the way to the dirt.
wait for epic rain of rocks.
make portal, dump them on other side where you need them.
repeat as necessary.