FactorioScenarioMultiplayerSpawn/lib/auto_decon_miners.lua

-- auto_decon_miners.lua
-- May 2020
-- My shitty softmod version which is buggy

function OarcAutoDeconOnInit(event)
	if (not global.depleted_miners_check) then
		global.depleted_miners_check = {}
	end
end

function OarcAutoDeconOnTick()
    if (global.depleted_miners_check and (#global.depleted_miners_check > 0)) then
        for i,entry in pairs(global.depleted_miners_check) do
            if ((not entry.miner) or (not entry.miner.valid)) then
                table.remove(global.depleted_miners_check, i)

            elseif (game.tick > (entry.tick+2)) then

                if (entry.miner.status == defines.entity_status.no_minable_resources) then
                    entry.miner.order_deconstruction(entry.miner.force)
                end
                table.remove(global.depleted_miners_check, i)
            end
        end
    end
end

function OarcAutoDeconOnResourceDepleted(event)
	if (not global.depleted_miners_check) then
		global.depleted_miners_check = {}
	end
    if (event.entity and event.entity.position and event.entity.surface) then

        local nearby_miners = event.entity.surface.find_entities_filtered{area = {{event.entity.position.x-1, event.entity.position.y-1},
                                                                                        {event.entity.position.x+1, event.entity.position.y+1}},
                                                                            name = {"burner-mining-drill", "electric-mining-drill"}}


        for i,v in pairs(nearby_miners) do
            table.insert(global.depleted_miners_check, {miner=v, tick=game.tick})
        end
    end
end