Well, basically, a bud of mine goes there an hour later due to him not being on when it first comes live, and it turns out that the mine is completely wiped of iron, and like 10 people just derping around looking for ores when there isn't anymore iron there. It's basically like: If you can get on right when the ores respawn, bam, you get your ****. Maybe if there was an ore cap you can get at a specific mine daily, it'd reduce the flaws. Basically the idea would be: You get 2-5 or so ores (If you can get that many before everyone else) at a specific mine, and you move on to another mine. It'll allow other players to get in the action somewhat, if they go to remote mines. Right now, if the ores are uncapped, people at remote mines can harvest the whole things if no one is around.
Idea 2: Have a resting period. It basically makes you have to wait a small duration before mining another ore, so that others, who haven't mined one, can get one?