I logged out next to the fire in my mine, and I logged back in after a little while to get the typical 'your position blablabla losing your inventory". I knew I was at my base, so I clicked 'ok' (not much choice either way) and I went in my mine to loot my stuff back.
Some of it was dropped next to the campfire, and a rock was dropped near the ladder. None of it was lootable. Thank god it wasn't anything super valuable.
But wouldn't it be nice if the ladder to the mine was 'walk through', the way cut logs are? Would it be too hard to make it so? Just an idea.
Pic or it didn't happen: http://i.imgur.com/q01aPUG.jpg
The rock isn't even that close to the ladder, see?