So ill just keep praying, that one day ill hav at least 8 hq mins or ores i can actually do something with.
Sometimes you're lucky and you can buy hq stuff from traders in NCR, perhaps in Broken Hills too.
Some players are regularly selling hq stuff for descent prices in NCR.
With the alt I'm currently leveling up, I managed to get 21 hq minerals and 20 hq ores (7 minerals or 4 ores per run, so 8 runs) in total this weekend.
2 out of 3 of my runs were successful.
Total cost of my run was 1 10mm pistol with 15 additional ammo.
Some tips:
Always view the map before entering.
If you see players, keep checking before entering.
If you see dead players, dead npc or stuff laying around, don't enter.
Don't use the main entrance on the map.
Don't become overweight as you can't run.
Don't go in during town control battle.
Try not to go in during the busy hours on the server.
Arm y/self, don't go there naked, don't go there alone at peak times.
They are unguarded for a reason. 
You will always suffer if you just go there in bluesuits and a hammer and also alone.
Lonewolfes always suffer, this is why this game is called a "faction mod".
Most of the times I go in alone, in a blue suit with only a hammer or at most a small gun.
