Description
10 mi. SW of Pinnell Mtn. and 62 mi. SW of Circle, along the Steese Highway, Yukon-Tanana High.
History
This pass is on the divide between the Tanana and Yukon River drainage areas. It was named early by prospectors because of its distance from a group of mining claims on Birch Creek (Henning, 1965, p. 206). The name was published in 1952 by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).