Which preposition to use with mining

of Occurrences 378%

Who sunk the mines of Eldorado?

in Occurrences 305%

We have gold mines here in Californy and Nevada and all them States; and we hear of gold mines in Mexico and Australia, too, but did you ever hear tell of gold mines in Europe?

for Occurrences 99%

But far enough to disgrace me and mine for ever," she said with a sob.

to Occurrences 85%

About twenty years ago, when the gold placers had been pretty thoroughly exhausted, the attention of fortune-seekersnot home-seekerswas, in great part, turned away from the mines to the fertile plains, and many began experiments in a kind of restless, wild agriculture.

at Occurrences 75%

At that date children began to work in mines at the age of four or five, and large numbers of girls and boys were labouring in the pits by the time they were eight.

with Occurrences 72%

I realized, dimly, that the creature's eyes were looking into mine with a steady, compelling stare.

on Occurrences 66%

Contemplating the works of these flowers of the sky, one may easily fancy them endowed with life: messengers sent down to work in the mountain mines on errands of divine love.

by Occurrences 46%

In the making of it, the hammer and nails were mine by right of sex, while she stitched in womanish fashion on the fabrics.

from Occurrences 32%

"He heard 'em name it how they'd get the mine from himor thought he didand he come out and talked loud, and grabbed for the bandanner, and he missed it and fell down the steps.

as Occurrences 24%

In trying to the mine as near the fissure as possible he fell and his hip.

in Occurrences 16%

"The number of persons engaged in mining in the locality mentioned has steadily increased year by year since the date of Mr. Ogilvie's survey, and it is estimated that at the commencement of the past season not less than one thousand men were so employed.

than Occurrences 14%

"You are part owner of your schooner, Captain Daggett," our hero answered, "while I have no other interest in mine than my lay, as her master.

without Occurrences 12%

Only one explanation was possible: he'd found a mine without going even as far as Minóok.

into Occurrences 12%

And in the latter case, Mr. Donnegan, be sureoh, be sure that I should not forget who brought the mines into my hands!" 10 Fifty miles over any sort of going is a stiff march.

under Occurrences 12%

"I'm afraid, Dave, little giant, that you've planted something of a mine under yourself," murmured Dalzell.

for Occurrences 12%

He, too, went to work, and, being an excellent prospector, he was of great service in teaching the newcomers the principles of prospecting and mining for goldprinciples not abstruse, yet not likely to suggest themselves at first thought to men entirely ignorant of the business.

about Occurrences 11%

"There may be mines about.

before Occurrences 9%

He was perhaps thirty-six, had been "in" ten years, and had mined before that in Idaho.

during Occurrences 8%

Only the other day I happened to call upon a friend of mine during the hour set aside for her little girl's piano lesson.

among Occurrences 8%

He continues: "'Twas mine among the fields both day and night And by the waters, all the summer long.

near Occurrences 8%

The Russian dreadnought Imperatritsa Maria was sunk by a mine near Sulina, at the mouth of the Danube, November 11.

through Occurrences 7%

I have asked old and experienced miners at Dawson City who mined through California in Bonanza days, and some who mined in Australia, what they thought of the Klondyke region, and their reply has invariably been, "The world never saw so vast and rich a find of gold as we are working now.

beneath Occurrences 6%

She is the sort of person who would laugh and dance at a ball with the knowledge that there was a mine beneath the floor.

like Occurrences 5%

"I thought gold came out of deep mines like copper, and had to be melted out or something, but this seems to be different.

over Occurrences 5%

I said nothing to the police of that strange adventure of mine over in Lambeth, or of how the man now dead had saved my life.

Which preposition to use with  mining