In the tin mines of Cornwall, during the first decades of the 19th century, death is the constant companion of the working man. Ben Retallick has grown to sturdy manhood among the miners and fishermen, through the hard and hungry years when blood was often the price of bread. When cruel fate steals away Jesse, his love, Ben searches to find her, caring only for the day he'll make her his wife.
In the tin mines of Cornwall, during the first decades of the 19th century, death is the constant companion of the working man. Ben Retallick has grown to sturdy manhood among the miners and fishermen, through the hard and hungry years when blood was often the price of bread. When cruel fate steals away Jesse, his love, Ben searches to find her, caring only for the day he'll make her his wife.