Which preposition to use with mills

on Occurrences 129%

Messrs. Harper & Co. have a trading post and a saw-mill on an island at the mouth of the creek; both, of which are in charge of Mr. J. Ladue, one of the partners of the firm, and who was at one time in the employ of the Alaska Commercial Company.]

in Occurrences 111%

"It is, doubtless, a very spectacular and very stirring performance to cast your cap over the wind-mill in the face of the world; but, after all, is it not a bit foolish, Patricia?

of Occurrences 92%

A young man of the finest attributes, he has brought nothing to the mill of Base Ball to grind except that which was the finest and the cleanest grain.

at Occurrences 63%

A young woman whilst working in a mill at Stockport was caught by the machinery and badly injured.

for Occurrences 48%

The fire which dressed his victuals, pumped up, by means of a steam engine, water for the kitchen turned one or more spits, as well as two or three mills for grinding pepper, salt, &c.; and then, by a spindle through the wall, worked a churn in the dairy, and cleaned the knives: the forks, indeed, were still cleaned by hand; but he said he did not despair of effecting this operation in time, by machinery.

with Occurrences 35%

" "Are you going to bring them down and let them work in the mills with you?"

to Occurrences 16%

The next morning the electricians arrived and began stringing the power cables from the paper mill to the newspaper office.

by Occurrences 10%

The loom-fixers and mechanics, belonging, be it remembered, to a trades-union, were out of all the mills by five o'clock.

from Occurrences 10%

And, besides, as the trade of a miller never enriched his father, Lepailleur curses his mill from morning till night, and declares that he won't prevent his boy Antonin from going to eat white bread in Paris, if he can find a good berth there when he grows up.

of Occurrences 9%

About this time an expedition consisting of seven companies of cavalry and two companies of infantryto be commanded by Colonel Mills of the Third Cavalry, was being organized to scout the Powder River and Big Horn country, and I was employed as guide for the command.

near Occurrences 8%

[Illustration: A Crude Sugar Mill near Las Marias.

as Occurrences 8%

How preposterous do such stories as these make warfare appear!and others, such as the two opposing forces tacitly agreeing to fetch water at the evening hour from an intervening stream without molestation on either side; or the two parties using an old mill as a post-office, by means of which letters could pass between France and Germany in defiance of all decent war-regulations!

in Occurrences 6%

The oratory was furnished with a roof of slate by Bishop Mills in 1716.

about Occurrences 5%

We commenced the mill about Christmas.

into Occurrences 5%

The route from Yauco to Sabana Grande lies for some two miles along the level and creditable road leading to Guanica, suddenly going off at right angles just beyond a picturesque sugar-mill into as uneven, crooked, and hilly a highway as can well be imagined.

across Occurrences 4%

This was Mrs. Hexter, wife of the owner of the big woollen mills across the creek, and only bidden in to assist the Uplift work because the position of her husband gave her much power.

between Occurrences 4%

" "Well, we didn't quite agree," admitted Molly, snapping shut the cover of the coffee-mill and clamping the mill between her knees.

before Occurrences 4%

" And Robert, leaning later on his own yard gate, with the hushed, dark mill before him, exclaimed: "This won't do.

at Occurrences 3%

Josephine still retained the house endeared to her by sad and glad recollections; and it was there I found her, when, after renting the whole of my little tenement at Slepington, I betook myself to Valley Mills at her request.

out Occurrences 3%

To stop the supply of coal is to throw all mills out of work, and every one out of employment.

over Occurrences 3%

"To-day, though, we had a visit," said she; "Madame Lepailleur, the woman from the mill over yonder, came to tell me that she had some fine chickens for sale.

through Occurrences 3%

Men were milling through the lower rooms of the hotel.

like Occurrences 3%

The animals milled like cattle, bellowed the louder, but would not face their tormentors.

under Occurrences 3%

Therese, Gregoire's widow, arrived with her offspring, her son Robert, who now managed the mill under her control, and her three daughters, Genevieve, Aline, and Natalie, followed by quite a train of children, ten belonging to the daughters and four to Robert.

on Occurrences 3%

One evening while we were in camp on the Yellowstone at the mouth of Powder river, I was informed that the commanding officers had selected Louis Richard, a half breed, and myself to accompany General Mills on a scouting expedition on the steamer Far West, down the Yellowstone as far as Glendive Creek.

Which preposition to use with  mills