Which preposition to use with diggings

of Occurrences 23%

The digging of the soil preparatory to raising a corn-crop is work; the making of brooms; the writing of fugues.

in Occurrences 15%

A little digging in the earth revealed the green metal of an old powder-flask with a wooden stopper.

for Occurrences 8%

He had been reading to Hector Sir Walter Scott's "Antiquary," in which occurs the narration of a digging for treasure in ruins not unlike these, only grander.

at Occurrences 7%

There are still good diggings at Circle City in Alaska, but nearly all the miners have left for Klondyke, not being satisfied with the pay dirt which they were working.

on Occurrences 5%

It was equally clear that, as the law had been declared over and over again in the colony, unauthorized digging on Crown land constituted a trespass, for which the digger was legally responsible.

with Occurrences 4%

Crowds from San Francisco came hurrying through, some stopping barely long enough to repeat the maddening tales that had started them off to the diggings with pick and shovel.

to Occurrences 2%

A fortnight later the Government undertook the escort of gold from the diggings to Sydney, thereby adding considerably to the Crown revenue and at the same time obtaining additional power over the gold districts.

as Occurrences 2%

It was an important thing to decide upon at short notice, but he was equal to it, and, having suggested gold-digging as the only profession he cared for, was promptly provided by the incensed captain with a stool in the local bank.

in Occurrences 1%

PETRIE, FLINDERS, Egyptologist, son of an Australian explorer; after explorations at Stonehenge, surveyed the pyramids and temples of Ghizeh in 1881-82; excavated for the Egyptian Exploration Fund Nankratis, Am, and Defenneh; has achieved many other important works of the kind, and issued a popular work, "Ten Years' Diggings in Egypt"; b. 1853.

below Occurrences 1%

He ordered a little digging below the surface of the earth to be done, and found a peso, weighing a little more than a grain.

near Occurrences 1%

In a few weeks news came that Reading had found diggings near Clear Creek, at the head of the Sacramento Valley, and was at work there with his Indians; and not long after, it was reported that Bidwell was at work with his Indians on a rich bar of Feather River, since called "Bidwell's Bar.

out Occurrences 1%

Once leave the netting and you might with good luck and a skilful driver get across the sand without much trouble, but it often meant much bottom-gear work and a hot engine, and not infrequently the digging out of wheels.

within Occurrences 1%

By 1854 the gold fever was running high in Australia, and each colony was eager to discover new diggings within its borders.

about Occurrences 1%

It may be that Gar'ner is a digging about, and has difficulty in finding the place; for Daggett's account had some weak spots in it.

Which preposition to use with  diggings