Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-24108228-20160331190051/@comment-24924103-20160404072403

Still, you can block absolutely all the mines, caves and exposed ore veins and deprive the rest of the server of them. You basically control the server at that point, since no one can get explosives, or any metallic tools, for that matter.

It's also a way of antagonising the server and emptying it at record speeds.