Which preposition to use with shale

of Occurrences 8%

One big boulder lay directly in our path, like an island in the shale of the cave's floor.

at Occurrences 3%

Following up the stream-bed to the north-east, passed some shallow pools of salt water; and at 4.45 observed the black coal shales at the bottom of a deep cliff, which formed the left bank of the river.

with Occurrences 2%

Men pawed earth and shale with their naked hands.

into Occurrences 2%

The colors of the rock, which is shaly in character, are variegated with yellow, gray and brown, and the action of the water in its rapid passage down the sides of the cañon has worn the fragments of shale into countless capricious forms.

like Occurrences 1%

And yet he worked, tearing into the rock and shale like an animal; rolling back small boulders, straining at larger ones until the tendons of his arms seemed ready to snap and his veins to burst.

for Occurrences 1%

Once, up near the shale, he smelled goat; but he never went above the shale for meat.

out Occurrences 1%

He flung himself face downward, shirt outspread, just as the cub made another turn, and when he rose to his feet his face was scratched and he spat half a handful of dirt and shale out of his mouth.

versus Occurrences 1%

"Oh, that's a village affair tooLittle Shale versus Fairharbour, most of them fisher-lads, all of them sports.

during Occurrences 1%

An' he'll travel mostly nights, layin' high up in the rocks an' shale during the day.

Which preposition to use with  shale