Show FRAMKLIN RING the ring treasured by the descendants of franklin pierce eje president of the united states to la interesting for several reasons for one thing it weighs nearly a pound it was presenta presen td to him by his friends in california and has no equal in the world it is of gold dug from a california mine the circular portion is cut into squares which stand at right angles to each other and each is embellished with an odd design the entire group representing a pictorial history of california there is a grizzly bear in a menacing attitude a deer bounding down a slope an enraged snake a soaring eagle and a salmon upon another square is an indian with bow and arrow a and d a native mountaineer on horseback horseback throwing his lasso next peeps out a Calif nomia nornia tent and a miner at work with his pick these assigns designs are surmounted by two american flags with the poles crossed and groups of stars in the angles the part of the ring for the seal is covered by a deeply carved plate of gold with Cali fornias arms surmounted by the flag and inscribed frank pierce in old roman characters this lid opens with a hinge and shows beneath a square box divided by bars of gold into nine separate compartments each containing a pure specimen of the varieties of ore are found in the state the inscription within reads presented to franklin pierce the fourteenth president ot the united states the ring is valued at ait 2000 new york sun |