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(Much Needed) General Mineshaft Overhaul

As the legendary cave update has finally rolled around and we have had a chance to play with some of the new features in snapshots, we have seen mineshafts get some attention with their support beams and chains. This is cool, but why not have a complete reassessment of how mineshafts could be in the update that aims to make the underground exciting, scary and like stepping into a whole new adventure.

Biome specific variants -

The lush caves should be the home of overgrown mineshafts with life inhabiting, or rather infesting, every nook and crack, there should be bugs, rotting wood, plants, and an atmosphere reminiscent of Green path from hollow knight. The deep dark should have completely empty mineshafts, devoid of life and cloaked in mystery on the surface, a place with no sound or sight, a place where, when you do find something, it only serves the purpose of asking more questions, and overall giving the place a really spooky atmosphere. These are just two ideas, but the key thing is maintaining this atmosphere and level of detail that Minecraft just completely succeeds in having 99% of the time.

Size variants - 

There should be sprawling networks that stretch from a entrance at surface level all the way down to bedrock to create this image of a functional, awe-inspiring undertaking, there should be tiny networks with cave-ins that are collapsing as you traverse them that create this image of age and the passage of time...

I hit word limit but I have so many more ideas (: 

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    As I was going to say before I was so rudely interrupted by the word limit, we need these size variants to also reflect their environmental factors, like mineshafts closer to the surface would likely be dug out with greater ease and thus be larger, whilst those in the Deep dark or below y 0 would be dug from deepstone and likely smaller due to the greater resistance of the ground.

    Additionally, mineshafts could have been constructed in areas rich in ores, resulting in a large size but also a lack or natural ores due to overmining, causing the player to descend further down through this network and getting this feel of risk vs reward along the way.

    Treasure - 

    Nothing excites me more than the thought of treasure, sure the journey is more important than the destination, but who doesn't love a chest full of gold or some artefacts left behind in a long abandoned mine system. Winches could be added as functional and flavourful contraptions in mines, when powered they lower a platform to either the first block below them or based on the Redstone signal strength they are given, they would add a cool machine to take home from your adventure and install in your home or own mines, whilst simultaneously making a lot of sense to be used in a mineshaft to get between levels.

    That about sums it up, I have had a few new ideas writing this but I need to flesh the out a bit first, I hope this is seen and thanks for reading it!    (: