Adolf Goerz

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]

References

  1. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 29 September 2011. Retrieved 7 May 2011.{{cite web}}: 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. ^ "South African Gold Rush: 1885". Archived from the original on 21 April 2011. Retrieved 11 May 2011.


Stub icon

This article about mining is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.