Adolf Goerz Explained

Adolf Goerz (18 December 1857 in Mainz, Grand Duchy of Hesse - 28 July 1900 in Giessbach Switzerland)[1] was a German mining engineer who moved to areas in southern Africa under British control.[2] He emigrated to Cape Colony 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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Archived copy . 2011-05-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110929203823/http://www.historiography-project.org/jhrchives/v21/v21n1p-9_butz.html . 2011-09-29 . dead .
  2. 'Deutsche Wanderung nach Südafrika im 19. Jahrhundert' by Werner Schmidt pp 175, 197, 215, 283, 287, 288, 326.
  3. Web site: South African Gold Rush: 1885 . 2011-05-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110421002356/http://info.goldavenue.com/Info_site/in_arts/in_civ/in_rush_safrica.html . 2011-04-21 . dead .

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