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From the spring we made our way through the catclaw back up to the JF trail. The JF trail is overgrown from the prior rains but you can follow it as long as you pay attention. We noticed several bear droppings along the JF trail. We hiked up to saddle and made our way over to the Lost Dutchman Mine Jr cliff. We hiked up and down a few times finding the cave and the alleged mine. Denny found a black-tailed rattlesnake in the bushes. I think he was wishing I would have found it first. 
The climb down to the mine wasn't bad. The climb down to the cave was a little tricky so if you decide to do it be sure you can get back up. ;) After exploring the cave(s) we took an off trail route down the hill, across the Hoolie Bacon trail and made our way toward Peters trail. The off trail hiking was slow at times because of the loose rocks on some steep descents. 
We ended up hiking through a patch of several juniper trees which provided some welcome shade when we took a break. Once on Peters trail we hiked up past Kane Spring and located Jesse Capen's campsite. After completing our list we hiked back to Kane Spring and filtered some water. The water in Kane Spring is good and it's been at the same level every time we checked including trips in June & August of this year. We hiked out on Peters trail which is also overgrown with grass, vines and some ornery catclaw. This was a full day of exploring but we made it out before 3p. Thanks for hiking turtle.
