Thumper (Flaxbeard's Steam Power)

The Thumper is a machine from the Flaxbeard's Steam Power mod. It is the automatic mining solution from within the mod. Unlike most automatic miners, it will not output the drops. Instead, all dropped items and blocks will stay in the mine. Also unlike most automatic miners, it does not create a square hole or a strip mine. When placed on the surface and supplied with steam, it will smash onto the ground, and create a large ravine underneath it. This process is very slow. When it is finished mining, the moving part will slow down and eventually come to a full stop. It is at this point that the machine should be moved to a new location.

It will only mine blocks that are classified as using grass, clay, rock, ground, or sand materials. Anything else will not be mined.

Journal Entry
The following text is taken from the Esteemed Innovation book.