Early on when I first go mining in the Black Forest I usually setup a little mini camp around the mining site. Just a tiny half-assed shelter, but lots of torches. Then I work night and day until done load up the cart and go home with my goodies.

The torches split up the brutes and shamans from the little ones since the little ones run away from torches. Helps break up the pack a little to pick them off one by one. Then I keep the resources. It takes a little longer but you get free wood, rock and resin for more torches.