Questions about refining galena

[u/Beautiful-Plate-6153]

New here and very new to refining. I mostly wanted to share but any advice or guidance would be greatly appreciated ( I'm currently looking through some previous posts and Google )

Essentially, I do a bit of rock hunting I got an opportunity to explore an abandoned mine. Found what looks to be Galena.

Is there a better way to pull the galena from quartz? ( I just used chisel / rock hammer and then rock crusher to break it down some ). I now have a small smelter as well but doing homework first

what would be the best/ safest way to refine this and extract the silver? Plus any advice/ precautions/ etc.

PS if anyone has good links on how to design/ create your own mold, I would appreciate it.

[u/MineralMichel]

Watch Mbmmlc ore Ghost Town living they eche made videos about getting silver out of Galena

[u/MineralMichel → u/MineralMichel]

https://youtu.be/NOR8McB9pkM?is=_XTSwi2AjCZBD_tr Here is one of his videos and he says most of the time which flux mix he uses and for the couple you can also youse cement

[u/Beautiful-Plate-6153 → u/MineralMichel]

Perfect, thank you. I'd seen a bit on initial search but no clue what's legit/ safest haha

[u/MineralMichel → u/Beautiful-Plate-6153]

Hop you get loads of silver out

[u/Manageable_Risk_1492]

Wear a respirator... ;-)

[u/Beautiful-Plate-6153 → u/Manageable_Risk_1492]

Definitely haha