Yes, when I was looking for rubies I found it very awkward to strip mine because of the way caves occur in Vulpto.
What approach do you take to strip mining? I will usually make a continuous tunnel with branches every 2 blocks, but also mining upwards on the intersection of each of those branches. I guess with a 3 block horizontal break, you can do things quite differently?
What I do looks a bit like this:
That’s very nice of you to do, do drop us some info when it’s all set up 
Also, this might be relevant about mining for rubies: Post Your Screenshots! - #227 by Spoygg (@Spoygg’s ruby highway)