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Boyle County - Junction City 29.
Duffin's Cut.
200 RR. cut 1/5 mi. N of junction
A short distance north of the
railroad cut, there is a farm
house east of the railroad, be-
longing to Jim Shannon.
On the side of the hill, below
the house, towards the rail-
road, the Silurian is
well exposed. It was once
quarried here, but the stone
readily disintegrates. The fol-
lowing fossils were found:
Monclizmia gracilis?
Pteridea demissa
Acanthoclia radiata
another Camellibranch
Artus bifurcata
Artus occidentalis
Strephocrura alternata.
several species of Ostrocarda.
The section of Silurian
here exposed is about 10 feet
thick. Towards the cut is
another exposure, with the
same fossils, about 3 feet
higher geologically. Three
feet are not exposed, and
the next 3 feet consist of
a clayey rock, breaking