Sad to say guys - bot mining doesn't work at all at the moment.
Played around with it a bit and it seems as soon as you turn on ore drop, providing of course you do HAVE ore to drop - you get sent to bot jail.
It seems they somehow monitor that function, (packet inspection?).
YOu can still use the bot to dc on flashing names etc, just don't turn the ore dropper on.
A friend of mine experimented a bit with this and it throws you in jail every time a coconut now - as soon as the bot goes to drop stuff.
Be interested to see if anyone can figure a fix for this...
LOL
May the force be with you!