page_title: Bear Valley Strip Mine
hierarchical_section_title: Bear Valley Strip Mine
caption_attribution_description: English: View of the Bear Valley Strip Mine, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania from the north wall facing southeast, with the "Whaleback" in center. Taken 1998.
context_page_description: The Bear Valley Strip Mine is an abandoned coal strip mine located in Coal Township, Northumberland County, to the southwest of the town of Shamokin, Pennsylvania. It lies in the Western Middle Field of the Anthracite belt in the Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians, where the Pennsylvanian Llewellyn Formation is exposed. The property is owned by the Reading Anthracite Company.
context_section_description: The Bear Valley Strip Mine is an abandoned coal strip mine located in Coal Township, Northumberland County, to the southwest of the town of Shamokin, Pennsylvania.  It lies in the Western Middle Field of the Anthracite belt in the Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians, where the Pennsylvanian Llewellyn Formation is exposed.  The property is owned by the Reading Anthracite Company.
caption: View of the Bear Valley Strip Mine from the north wall facing southeast, with the "Whaleback" in center
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