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[Ivefan]

You forgot the option of building a huge tank next to it and filling it with the magma, then letting it all drain back in when you're done!

That's the same as option 1 just a lot more work.

The Volcano Fort: that was me.

I was actually thinking of Hishan's and my fort, but it's obvious that others done it to.

[Foa]

I tried building a tower in a bottomless pit once, but it didn't work out so well. Turns out, you can't build down...

... y'know, this makes sense?

But now I can't stop giggling madly over the idea of a dwarf, dangling from a rope with a pick and a bucket of bricks in hand, frantically yelling up at his compatriots,

"GET MEH OUTTA HERE, LADS!  THE BATS!  THE BAAAATTS!!"

Build from the lowest z, then up.

[Time Kitten]

I'd say just tunnel the bottom of the magma shaft into a glowing pit.  As long as both of your miners don't meet fiery deaths, the rest should take care of itself.

[Keldor]

http://www.bay12games.com/forum/index.php?topic=19303.0

'Nuff said.

[Untelligent]

In other news, I found a perfect location for the fort I mentioned earlier in the thread.

Doesn't have magma, sadly, but it's in a swamp, so there's plenty of trees (and, given the depth of the canyon, I can easily bypass the aquifer). There's even sand. =D

I'm also using a custom race that can breed flux (don't ask), so I should have a thriving steel (and even better) industry in a couple years, if the damned fire mantas don't kill me in a couple months.