Day 1
Day 2
In days 3 & 4 I continued leveling the land, and began elevating the four corner, where the mountain began to descend. When the leveling was complete, had dug up over 1000 dirt:
Here you can see a another shot of the leveling in progress. The holes and uneven-ness in the middle are a result of more creeper... incidents. I shaved off that small highest-most level of stone, and then also took off the level below that, the stone mixed with dirt.
Finally, the insane process of taking the rest of the sloping hill and build it UP to that level began. It ended up being a HUGE task (don't they always). I ended up using all 1000 dirt I had, when I was about 3/4 done. And that's just building up the floor level.
When comparing the two aerial views, pay close attention to the upper left and the bottom right. These two pics were snapped in the exact same place. You can see how much I had to build it up. Also, in the first shot, that pic was snapped right on the edge. But now, the level space extends back behind where I'm standing in that night shot.
UP NEXT:
So far I've done no exploring my surroundings, have no mine, etc. I don't even have any stone to build. I'm probably going to go mine out all the exposed coal I mentioned in day 1, and figure out where I want my mining operation to me + how it will be accessed. This is something I always have trouble with.
I *want* them to be part of the same space: this is where I mine and where I live. But inevitably once I start mining, I then have a hard time incorporating those stairs and structures into my plan for my living space. Will try to do better this time and really think it through.
