Salt of the Earth Filming Locations

Salt of the Earth filming locations

Where was Salt of the Earth filmed? Salt of the Earth was filmed in 7 locations across United States in the following places:

Salt of the Earth Filming Locations

Bayard is a city in Grant County, New Mexico, United States. It is near Santa Rita, east of Silver City. The population was 2,328 at the 2010 census, down from 2,534 in 2000. This city was incorporated on August 20, 1938.

Grant County is a county located in the U.S. state of New Mexico. At the 2020 census, the population was 28,185. Its county seat is Silver City. The county was founded in 1868 and named for Ulysses S. Grant, the 18th President of the United States.

Silver City is a town in Grant County, New Mexico, United States. It is the county seat and the home of Western New Mexico University. As of the 2010 census the population was 10,315. As of the 2020 census, the population was 9,704.

Hanover is a census-designated place in Grant County, New Mexico, United States. Its population was 167 as of the 2010 census. Hanover has a post office with ZIP code 88041. New Mexico State Road 152 and New Mexico State Road 356 pass through the community. The town was named after the local Hanover Mines.

Santa Rita is a ghost town in Grant County in the U.S. state of New Mexico. The site of Chino copper mine, Santa Rita was located fifteen miles east of Silver City.

Salt of the Earth (1954)
Runtime: 94 minutes
Rating: 7.3
Release year: 1954
IMDB: tt0047443
Plot summary

Mexican workers at a zinc mine call a general strike. It is only through the solidarity of the workers, and importantly the indomitable resolve of their wives, mothers, and daughters, that they eventually triumph.

Genres
Drama
History
Cast
Will Geer
David Bauer
David Sarvis
Mervin Williams
Directors
Herbert J. Biberman
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Salt of the Earth filming locations