Beyond the Dark Mountain © Alchemy 2005.m4v

This is the epic story of the Puxley family's obsession with stone and copper.
Set against a backdrop of smuggling & corruption, shipwrecks & mining disasters, the tale of Allihies unfolds -- the village that began with nothing, had it all for an instant and then lost it all.




For over two centuries, Cornwall was the centre of "hard rock" mining. Famous for possessing the toughest terrain, the latest technology, the experts of the industry and the best miners on the planet.
It was these men and women that were sent to Allihies and that were to make it on of the country's most innovative and successful industries -- THE BEREHAVEN MINES.
 
Set in the barren rugged landscapes of Allihies and Cornwall, this is much more than a mining saga.
In the human struggle against nature, there can be only one winner and that is rarely us.




In recent years, Cornwall's last pit closed and a county known for is thriving mining industry ceased to be. The fates of these two regions are inextricably entwined.
 
Linked in literature by the novels of Daphne DuMaurier, Allihies and Cornwall exert a similar romantic obsession to the visitor. Their exposed and inhospitable landscapes inspire the soul to attempt to render inhabitable and productive its rugged terrain -- to tame the extremes of nature found in these two wild regions.
This is the history of Ireland itself -- industrial, sociological and cultural. It is about man's confrontation with one of the harshest and most inhospitable environments in the world; it is about passion and determination against insurmountable odds, tragedy, but most of all about the human desire to tame and control the wildest elements of nature.

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• mining
• copper
• cornwall
• tin
• bere
• allihies