Just thought I'd post some helpful info for our minecraft server and playing minecraft in general.
First, a great place for information regarding crafting recipes, redstone circuits, updates, texture packs etc is the minecraft wiki:
http://www.minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Minecraft_Wiki
Here is a helpful guide for mining:
http://www.voxelwiki.com/minecraft/Elites_of_Minecraft:_The_Miner
Here is a trading guide I whipped up...note that this is just a guide and you can trade whatever values you want. The following are the values of different materials....see below for common trades using similar values.
Value
Ores Redstone 40.0
Coal 50.0
Lapis 125.0
Iron Ignot 150.0
Gold Ignot 150.0
Diamond 3000.0
Slime 800.0
Building Materials Cobblestone 3.0
Log 10.0
Glass 20.0
Gravel 10.0
Smooth Stone 15.0
Netherrack 5.0
Mossy Cobble 100.0
Sand 6.0
Wool 15.0
Food Bread 10.0
Raw Pork 12.0
Raw Fish 13.0
Cooked Pork 15.0
Cooked Fish 18.0
Mushroom 10.0
Cake 500.0
Other Sugar Cane 5.0
Cactus 7.0
Gunpowder 50.0
Common Exchange Rate
Ores
Redstone 64.0 Iron 17.0
75.0 Diamond 1.0
64.0 Coal 49.0
Coal 64.0 Iron 21.0
60.0 Diamond 1.0
Lapis 64.0 Iron 53.0
24.0 Diamond 1.0
25.0 Coal 64.0
Iron 20.0 Diamond 1.0
19.0 Coal 64.0
Gold 1.0 Iron 1.0
20.0 Diamond 1.0
20.0 Coal 1.0
Building Materials
Cobble 50.0 Iron 1.0
1000.0 Diamond 1.0
68.0 Coal 4.0
Log 60.0 Iron 4.0
300.0 Diamond 1.0
50.0 Coal 10.0
Glass 64.0 Iron 8.0
150.0 Diamond 1.0
64.0 Coal 25.0
Gravel 64.0 Iron 5.0
300.0 Diamond 1.0
64.0 Coal 12.0
Smooth Stone 64.0 Iron 10.0
200.0 Diamond 1.0
64.0 Coal 19.0
Netherrack 64.0 Iron 2.0
600.0 Diamond 1.0
64.0 Coal 6.0
Mossy Cobble 32.0 Iron 21.0
30.0 Diamond 1.0
32.0 Coal 64.0
Sand 50.0 Iron 2.0
500.0 Diamond 1.0
64.0 Coal 8.0
Wool 64.0 Iron 6.0
200.0 Diamond 1.0
64.0 Coal 20.0
Food
Bread 15.0 Iron 1.0
5.0 Coal 1.0
Cooked Pork 10.0 Iron 1.0
3.0 Coal 1.0
Mushroom 15.0 Iron 1.0
5.0 Coal 1.0
Cooked Fish 8.0 Iron 1.0
3.0 Coal 1.0
Cake 1.0 Iron 4.0
1.0 Coal 10.0
Other
Cactus 64.0 Iron 3.0
430.0 Diamond 1.0
64.0 Coal 9.0
Gunpowder 64.0 Iron 20.0
64.0 Diamond 1.0
1.0 Coal 1.0
Slime 1.0 Iron 5.0
4.0 Diamond 1.0
1.0 Coal 16.0
Sugar Cane 64.0 Iron 2.0
600.0 Diamond 1.0
64.0 Coal 6.0