I maxed mining before I got my blacksmithing to level 73. Mined for my own ores the whole way without buying any in viewlist. I will not complain as I had done some tedious mining in another online game before.
I like the post that said there are 3 required/expected "rules" about tradeskilling, and at least 2 of the three should be present.
26 hours of clicking, wow I would trade for that! Being a anti-waste whore myself, I throw or sell NONE of the loose rocks, and I click ctrl+ to turn them into mineral, and each one takes 10 loose rocks, then it takes 6 of the minerals to make one of the nice rare minerals, and as it sits right now: Mining=200, Blacksmith=72, and not having sold any of the minerals at all, I've got 65-70 rare minerals in the bank.
65x6x10=3900 clicks that cannot be stacked, meh who's complaining? I love the monotony of it, reminds me of work thoughs I got a dent in my mouse and a rt ctrl button with a world of problems <sadface>