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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]
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{{ cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title ( link) - ^ 'Deutsche Wanderung nach Südafrika im 19. Jahrhundert' by Werner Schmidt pp 175, 197, 215, 283, 287, 288, 326.
- ^ "South African Gold Rush: 1885". Archived from the original on 21 April 2011. Retrieved 11 May 2011.
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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
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^
"Archived copy". Archived from
the original on 29 September 2011. Retrieved 7 May 2011.
{{ cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title ( link) - ^ 'Deutsche Wanderung nach Südafrika im 19. Jahrhundert' by Werner Schmidt pp 175, 197, 215, 283, 287, 288, 326.
- ^ "South African Gold Rush: 1885". Archived from the original on 21 April 2011. Retrieved 11 May 2011.
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