▁ 4 2 8 8 ▁feet ▁( 1 3 0 7 ▁m ). ▁It ▁is ▁now ▁located ▁within ▁Death ▁Valley ▁National ▁Park , ▁north ▁of ▁Smith ▁Mountain , ▁and ▁south ▁of ▁the ▁Rand , ▁California ▁min ing ▁district ▁ru ins . ▁ ▁History ▁ ▁Green water ▁was ▁a ▁min ing ▁town ▁in ▁the ▁M oj ave ▁Des ert ▁that ▁saw ▁its ▁rise ▁and ▁fall ▁within ▁the ▁first ▁de cade ▁of ▁the ▁ 2 0 th ▁century . ▁Green water ' s ▁first ▁records ▁date ▁back ▁to ▁the ▁year ▁ 1 9 0 4 , ▁these ▁records ▁stated ▁that ▁there ▁were ▁claims ▁that ▁Green water ▁dated ▁back ▁to ▁the ▁ 1 8 8 0 s ▁however ▁no ▁solid ▁evidence ▁or ▁records ▁were ▁found . ▁Green water ' s ▁ge ography ▁makes ▁it ▁so ▁that ▁it ▁was ▁difficult ▁to ▁find . ▁Green water ▁was ▁newly ▁discovered ▁when ▁a ▁r ush ▁of ▁b ull f ro gs ▁led ▁people ▁to ▁the ▁abandoned ▁town ▁where ▁histor ians ▁became ▁intr igu ed ▁by ▁the ▁land . ▁ ▁The ▁original ▁town site , ▁" K un ze ", ▁named ▁after ▁its ▁founder ▁Arthur ▁Kun ze ▁was ▁located ▁ ▁west ▁of ▁the ▁current ▁site . ▁Kun ze ▁was ▁abandoned ▁in ▁favor ▁of ▁the ▁current ▁site , ▁which ▁had ▁the ▁original ▁name ▁of ▁" R am sey ". ▁Green water ▁had ▁begun ▁to ▁become ▁more ▁and ▁more ▁oper able ▁to ▁the ▁point ▁that ▁a ▁post ▁office ▁was ▁needed ▁and ▁operated ▁at ▁Green water ▁from ▁ 1 9 0 6 ▁to ▁