Originally posted by Jaynoble55:

I am SICK of picking up grey dwarf eyes I do not need and stone when I am mining silver.

One can never have enough eyes. But you can try to split stacks in inventory to close out spots so you only pick up what you want. Also ide advise crafting stone piles (no workbench needed, if you didnt want to make a mining camp for rested/sheltered bonus) with the spare stone.
I have this problem when fighting greydwarves. So much random stuff.

Also as a tangent, when you mine silver, one thing you can do is mine the area around the vein with antler picks, seperating the vein from the earth, then hit the area in the middle 10-12 times and the whole vein breaks. It is very visually satisfying