Which preposition to use with mountains

of Occurrences 1104%

They seemed wonderfully grateful, and heaped mountains of what I presumed to be Irish blessings upon our heads.

in Occurrences 362%

After much labour and research, this principle has been found embodied in a metallic substance, which is met with in the mountain in which we are, united with a very heavy earth; and this circumstance had great influence in inducing me to settle myself here.

on Occurrences 206%

The crumbling spurs and battlements of Red Mountain bound it on the north, the somber, rudely sculptured precipices of Black Mountain on the south, and a hacked, splintery col, curving around from mountain to mountain, shuts it in on the east.

to Occurrences 202%

The crumbling spurs and battlements of Red Mountain bound it on the north, the somber, rudely sculptured precipices of Black Mountain on the south, and a hacked, splintery col, curving around from mountain to mountain, shuts it in on the east.

with Occurrences 125%

The glacial winter came on, loading the cooling mountain with ice, which flowed slowly outward in every direction, radiating from the summit in the form of one vast conical glaciera down-crawling mantle of ice upon a fountain of smoldering fire, crushing and grinding for centuries its brown, flinty lavas with incessant activity, and thus degrading and remodeling the entire mountain.

for Occurrences 70%

After much talk they consented to carry our stuff to the summit of the mountain for $10 per hundred pounds.

at Occurrences 64%

It has evidently been derived from the coast range by way of the tangle of connecting mountains at the head of the Sacramento Valley.

from Occurrences 63%

Regarding this noble mountain from a bee point of view, encircled by its many climates, and sweeping aloft from the torrid plain into the frosty azure, we find the first 5000 feet from the summit generally snow-clad, and therefore about as honeyless as the sea.

of Occurrences 50%

The Yukon has its source in the Rocky Mountains of British Columbia and the Coast Range Mountains in southeastern Alaska, about 125 miles from the city of Juneau, which is the present metropolis of Alaska.

into Occurrences 45%

Clearly the valley was split by this mountain into two forks, and I could see only the cool depth of it and catch a gleam of broken water a mile or two below.

by Occurrences 44%

Continuing down over the snout, and along the left lateral moraine, was only a confident saunter, showing that the ascent of the mountain by way of this glacier is easy, provided one is armed with an ax to cut steps here and there.

to Occurrences 36%

Through the Ts'ung Mountains to K'eech-ch'a V. Great Quinquennial Assembly of Monks VI.

near Occurrences 36%

During my residence in Asia, I had discovered lunarium ore in the mountain near Mogaun; and this circumstance, many years afterwards, when I determined to rest from my labours, induced me to settle in that mountain, as I have before stated.

above Occurrences 33%

And then," he continued, "I can keep bees, and make money that way, too, for the mountains above here are just full of honey in the summer-time, and one of my neighbors down here says that he will let me have a whole lot of hives, on shares, to start with.

in Occurrences 32%

The Yukon has its source in the Rocky Mountains of British Columbia and the Coast Range Mountains in southeastern Alaska, about 125 miles from the city of Juneau, which is the present metropolis of Alaska.

like Occurrences 25%

In calm, sun-days the Sugar Pine preaches the grandeur of the mountains like an apostle without moving a leaf.

before Occurrences 25%

The first general winter storm that yields snow that is to form a lasting portion of the season's supply, seldom breaks on the mountains before the end of November.

as Occurrences 21%

All available men were set to work to make a road for the Hong Kong and Singapore gunners, a battery which would always get as far into the mountains as any in the King's Army.

between Occurrences 21%

Further, it pained him to think that those first glorious days should be spent with the mountains between them.

behind Occurrences 18%

Scouting parties, also, ranged the mountains behind Granada and captured every casual convoy of provisions.

out Occurrences 18%

Peter Sitz an' I are not tryin' to make mountains out of mole-hills.

toward Occurrences 15%

he won an important victory that opened his way through the mountains toward his objective, the city of Mexico.

over Occurrences 14%

Of a civil engineer who would lament that the mountain over which he was asked to project a road was steep? Of a doctor who would grieve that hosts of people about him were very ill?

without Occurrences 14%

If we could once reach the snow line, it looked as though, with the aid of ice-creepers or snowshoes, we could climb the mountain without serious trouble.

against Occurrences 13%

It seems that Buckheath took advantage of the feeling there was in the mountains against the mill men on account of the hospital and some other matters.

Which preposition to use with  mountains