Mahanoy Plane, PA: East and West Bear Ridge Coal Mines

East: (Satellite)

West: (Satellite, "It was very close to where Rick’s Refrigeration is today.")

Both mines were started in 1863.

The railroad through here is the Reading, Blue Mountain & Northern/Reading.

East Bear Ridge Colliery

Anthracite Coal National Park posted, cropped and LargeScaleCentral
John Grut shared: East Bear Ridge Breaker, 1930

Mike Szilagyi commented on the above post
Here is the same location today, looking the same direction (east)
Dennis DeBruler: Mike Szilagyi Found it: https://maps.app.goo.gl/vH9w2WbLGXJSjSWj8

Girardville, Pennsylvania posted
East Bear Ridge Colliery at the eastern end of Mahanoy Plane. The highway between Mahanoy Plane and Maizeville went right through the breaker/ Concrete foundation of breaker can still be seen alongside the highway about a quarter mile past MP.

explorepahistory
"East Bear Ridge Breaker, between Mahanoy Plane and Girardville, Schuylkill County, August 8, 1938."

LargeScaleCentral

LykensValley
"A photograph from around 1890 of a mule-drawn dump cart filled with coal with the old wooden East Bear Ridge Breaker in the background."
Various companies mined multiple viens from a tunnel under the mountain between 1863 and a breaker fire on Aug 23, 1910. 4,500,000 tons of coal had been extracted. A new operation started in 1915 and had shipped 6,093,317 tons as of 1928.

Article via pagenweb

West Bear Ridge Colliery

Aaron Schultz commented on the Anthracite Coal National Park post
Here's a picture from Mahanoy Plane. But it says West Bear Ridge Colliery. I guess there was a West Bear Ridge and an East Bear Ridge.
Mike Cason: Aaron Schultz Yes there was. It was very close to where Rick’s Refrigeration is today.

Article via pagenweb
Mining started in 1836 and 3,121,690 tons were shipped as of 1928.

I didn't watch either of these videos, but maybe you have the patience to watch them: 20:37 video   55:33 video