Quote Originally Posted by Tuuvi View Post
I guess it doesn't matter because of the plugin but I had an idea for mining sand that won't alter the landscape. Dig two layers down, replace the bottom layer with cobblestone and put the sand back on top of the cobblestone. Then you can mine all of the sand underneath the cobblestone without creating a big ugly hole.
The problem is that the sand only goes three layers down, so that's highly inefficient. That's the same reason I don't tend to use the plugin for large quantities of sand - it is much faster to mine sand than cobblestone.