I think the real issue is that you just mine things by hand and bring them back up, and then they're gone. Why bother building a minecart rail system or ladders if you have no reason to return. The solution would have been ores that cannot be moved, and are slowly mined using a machine that has to be built or whatever, requiring many trips down and back.
Basically what we have now for spawner farms and such
do not engage with the jank