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Bechtlers and Rutherford gold rush lore in North Carolina
Rutherford County once centered the nations gold output with Bechtler minting and a burst of mining. The piece traces Bechtler family wills and German craftsmanship, notes large daily yields in Burke and Rutherford counties, and recalls editorials praising mining as a rightful engine of state prosperity.
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Charlotte
United Gates
Arlina
Bechtlers
Hunter
M. C. Dickerson
Seth Carolina
North Carolina
Rutherford Coun
Rutherford
McDowell
Burke
Mr. Dickerson
Iag
Ettile
Bluefon
Carolina
Rot Bechtlers
Christopher Becht Nii
Fenate
Court of Pleas
Htler
Electora ‘County Clerk of Court
Christopher Bechtler, Jr
Hay
Schaeffer
Henry Miller
Miller
Bechtler
Augustus
Rutherfordton
Christopher Bechtler
Augustus Bechtler
H. C. G. Schaeffer
Christopher
Charles Bechtler
Rutherford County
North Carolina Spectator and Western Advertiser
United States
Burke Counties
2Nd Broad River
Burke County
James Jeans
General Bryan
Avery
Carson
John Logan
Cane Creek
Dorsey
Brindle
Col. Butler
the Spectator
John Pettit
Whiteside
J. M.D. Carson
James Allen
The
Spectator
N. C. Spectator and Western Advertiser
Thomas Jeans
Second Broad River
Charles Hill
Germany
Switzerland
Richardson’s
Floyd’s
Peter Green
Richard
Hugh Cook
Philip Robins
Robert Mintz
Green
Rutherford Gold Mines
White Oak Creek
Forman
Walbridge
Joseph Bridges
Jno. Cole
C. Bechtler
P. H. Richardson
Richardson’s Creek
Spain
Mexico
South America