In 1862 "The Geologist" reprted that human male bones were discovered in a slate covered coal bed 90 feet underground in Macoupin County, Illinois. The coal deposit was dated by the state geological survey of Illinois at 286 to 320 million years old, The bones were crusted with a carbonaceous deposit which was easily scraped away to reveal white bone underneath.

Because the evidence cannot be examined their is no support to the claim.

While their is no evidence to be presented for investigation, it is another account like so many others of human bones being found in Carboniferous Period shale and coal. The official report from "The Geologist" does give some support to the story.

Very little information is available on this discovery, nor does it appear that the bones are available for study. The story is similar to other more credible stories but the lack of evidence means that the find cannot be verified as human bones.