Adolf Goerz

Adolf Goerz (born 18 December 1857 in Mainz Germany d. 28 July 1900 in Giessbach Switzerland)[1] was a German-South African mining engineer.[2] He emigrated to Africa around 1888. He founded Adolf Görz & Co which later became the Union Corporation, which was one of the five original gold mining houses of South Africa.[3]

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-09-29. Retrieved 2011-05-07.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. 'Deutsche Wanderung nach Südafrika im 19. Jahrhundert' by Werner Schmidt pp 175, 197, 215, 283, 287, 288, 326.
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-04-21. Retrieved 2011-05-11.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)



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