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]

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[2] 'Deutsche Wanderung nach Südafrika im 19. Jahrhundert' by Werner Schmidt pp 175, 197, 215, 283, 287, 288, 326.

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