Radek - really???
I always thought that once you started getting more than one writ you basically had some problems but I know you have played W&W far more often than I have. Thought the standard solution was to get rid of all the other writs.
Mierkos - Radek has explained how to use the picks. You'll only find dragon ore way down in the mines in the area that the Lava Hounds like.
If you've already killed off the King - the ore won't do you a lot of good but since you already have Dragon Armor - no great loss.
Wyv