Talk:Nether Ores/@comment-97.82.141.67-20120716202953

Use the mining laser set on low-focus to extract these ores--the laser does not trigger pigmen to attack, like breaking the blocks with a pickaxe would. The return versus the EU lost is very, very reasonable, especially if you go binge mining Nether Iron/Tin.

If you utilize the Trans Tablet from Equivalent Exchange, or one of the other Item-to-EMC burners, you will want to avoid Nether Redstone/Coal, because they don't put out as much emc per EU lost on a lap-pack/laser.

As it turns out, de-blocking a Nether Ore has a particular chance to cause an ADJACENT Nether Ore to start a countdown. This means the larger the vein, and the more ores there are surrounding the one you're mining, the bigger your odds of a "Ssssss" are.

You can stop a countdown/explosion, at least in SSP, by deblocking the 'ticking' ore. This leads to scenarios where I end up frantically spamming the laser to try and 'surgically remove' the bomb ores. XD