MInecraft Waste land

On the Middle Earth sever (white list) I have been working on a very very large project. I have been working on mining out a whole desert biome. I am just planing to mine it out and make a base in the middle of it. So far I have filled about 6 double chest of sand and 2 double chests of sandstone!. This will  most likly take about 3 mouths to finish. I have put about 6 hours of mineing diging/mining in to this waste land and I am noth ever some what close to being done! It dose not really madder because I love biging and in the end I will have more sand then I did befor I started!