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Ghost of the Mountain Nautilus Haunts Central City Legend
Central City revives its old super ghost tale by displaying the sunken Mountain Nautilus, a 1897 six-person sub built on Eureka Street behind a livery stable. Fred de Mandel and Oscar Williams led the 9000-foot hoax reveal, hauling the 18-foot zinc-hulled craft from Missouri Lake to public view in mid winter.
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Central City
Colorado Rockies
Eureka Street
Little Kingdom
Gilpin
Teller House
Russell Gulch
Tenderfoot
Horace Greeley
Hill
Missouri Lake
Columbia
Gem of the Ocean
Oldtimers
Nevadaville
Fred
de Mandel
Oscar Williams
Old “Smoothbore
Colorado
Gilpin County
R. T. Owens
Bar
Eclipse Livery
Lawrence
Billy Lamont
Fred Ballard
Bernhardt
Drew
Owens
Jules Verne
Blackhawk Diggings
Lamont
Ballard
Simon Lake
Argonaut, Jr
U. S
Atlantic
Mountain Gulch
Williams
Sheriff Williams
Ramstetter's
Denver
Duse
Mansfield
Grant
Central City Opera House Association
Fred de Mandel
U.S