Torches always spawn in a dark area, and on this post, which happened to me once only, the torch did spawn in mid-air. Note that I'm playing with Buildcraft mod 3.7.1
MC-19859
Torches in Mineshaft spawn bug
Resolved
Duplicate
0
Mathieu Houle
(Unassigned)
Unconfirmed
mineshaft, torch
Minecraft 1.5.2
Retrieved
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