Tutorials/Cobblestone farming

Cobblestone farming is a process used to get masses of Cobblestone without having to dig tunnels or quarries for it. Cobblestone mines work on the principle that when moving water comes into contact with moving lava, the lava is turned into Cobblestone, using this a farm can be formed.

A very basic design would be a trench, in which a few water spawners/springs are placed with a lava spawner/spring, this can be very inefficient depending on your setup as some of the Cobblestone can possibly fall into the lava and be destroyed.

Some tips for building an efficient cobblestone farm:
 * have the water and the lava source blocks separated so there is no change of accidentally quenching your lava source
 * set up the water flow so that any dropped blocks will flow towards you
 * use a half-step below the cobble-creation point to speed up the collection process
 * remember that water flows faster than lava, so set up your lava flow before your water

A great design is shown in this YouTube video. It is suggested to use Obsidian blocks behind where the lava spawners are, as this stop you from accidentally mining a hole in the back wall.