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[cochramd]

Every time I start a fortress, I do the same thing: once I'm past the soil layers, I strip-mine everything down to the layer directly above the first cavern. My intention is to use this bottom layer for stone and metal industries (as all the stone and ore is conveniently located there) as well as living space for my dwarves. Sadly, every time my fortress manages to ruin itself before I can complete such a pit (the last one literally went up in flames). The primary reason was always that it took so bloody long to excavate that pit even if I always devoted my miner's full attention to it. So that's why I'm asking: does a cave in produce the same stone you would've gotten if you'd strip-mined the area instead? Because if it does, then I'm going to cause the mother of all cave-ins and save myself a great deal of time.

[Sirbug]

I think cave-ins cause entire tiles to descend. Though in my experience it produces mostly crashes.

[NullForceOmega]

No, a cave in produces no stone, it just drops the level(s) above.  Caveat: causing constructions to cave-in returns the materials they are made of, though that in no way helps you.

[cochramd]

Aw, dang, and I'd already gotten the channeling underway. Whelp, time for a new fortress.