Here's a re-creation of what they are using plus some of the mods suggested in the comments:
http://www.technicpack.net/modpack/details/yogcraft-147-yogscast-pack.156638
Don't smelt ore blocks; make an Applied Energistics Grind Stone and Wooden Crank. Just 3 quartz dust, 3 stone/smelted-cobble, 2 cobble, and 4+5 sticks for double ores. Don't abuse the crank with the grind stone empty; I've had it break, losing a few sticks.
F11 just stretches the window to fill the screen. You have to select Full Screen Mode within Hexxit/Minecraft. Options/Video Settings.../Fullscreen: OFF.
Blocks from Secret Rooms cause this.
This is terrible. You think to build a secret room for your best stuff, and it gets destroyed, because you hid it in a secret room.
"Yes."
If you want a challenge you can try making Rift Remover(s) and see if you can kill them faster than they spread.
Minor Operator mode:
In config/DimDoors.cfg change B:"Enable Rift Spread"=true to =false, and maybe B:"Enable Endermen Spawning from Rifts"=true to =false, at least during the removal.
Then use the Rift Remover(s).
(I don't know if Rift Removers are reusable or not.)
config/DimDoors.cfg is located in your server folder or in Windows <user>/AppData/Roaming/.technic/hexxit/.