Location

Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers Local 890 Union Hall, Bayard

Bayard, NM 88023

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Access notes

A repurposed Army-barracks building in Bayard that served Local 890 of the Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers; used for casting calls and community organizing tied to the film, which dramatized the 1951 Empire Zinc strike in nearby Grant County mining communities. The building is the subject of an ongoing preservation project and is not a general tourist site; check with the Salt of the Earth Recovery Project before visiting. Coordinates given are for the town center, not a precise street address.

Filmed Here

Salt of the Earth

What Was Filmed Here

Salt of the Earth· 1954

Local 890 union hall, casting and organizing site

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Local 890 Union Hall in Bayard NM, Salt of the Earth — Kelli Lycke · any

What happened here

Salt of the Earth dramatized the real 1951 Empire Zinc strike; the film employed local miners and their families, many of them Local 890 members, and the union's hall in Bayard was a hub of the casting and community effort behind the picture. Filming took place around Bayard, Hanover, Central and Silver City in Grant County.