How to get iron in minecraft survival

Java Edition ClassicMay 21, 2009Notch shows interest in adding iron ore.May 23, 2009Notch says he accomplished adding iron blobs in stone.0.0.14a Added iron ore.

Iron ore spawns in huge blobs, sometimes big enough to protrude into 3 caverns, and could be as big as 167 blocks.0.26 SURVIVAL TESTBreaking iron ore now gives the player 1–3 blocks of iron when mined.Java Edition Indev0.3120100128Iron ore now drops itself instead of blocks of iron when mined.20100129Before the furnace was added, players had to smelt ore by dropping ore blocks onto fire.20100201-2Iron ore now requires a stone, iron, or diamondpickaxe to be successfully obtained.Java Edition Infdev20100227-1Iron ore no longer generates.20100320Iron ore blobs now generate, but differently.20100325Ore blobs now appear more like they do today.20100327Iron ore now regenerates after the world is reloaded, assuming that the positions of the oreblocks were replaced by stone.20100330Iron ore no longer regenerates.Java Edition1.3.112w

how to get iron ore block in minecraft

how do you get iron ore in minecraft