Adolf Goerz (18 December 1857 in Mainz, Grand Duchy of Hesse - 28 July 1900 in Giessbach Switzerland) was a German mining engineer who moved to areas in southern Africa under British control.'Deutsche Wanderung nach Südafrika im 19. Jahrhundert' by Werner Schmidt pp 175, 197, 215, 283, 287, 288, 326. 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.
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