Use a shorter transfer tube to the condenser from the retort chamber. Dipping the end in water and watercooling of the condensing tube is not necessary as the boiling point of mercury is high enough that passive convection is enough for adiquite cooling. Ive distilled liter quantities of mercury in chemistry glass ware and for that much simply blowing air through the condensor was plenty. I did pull a vacuum on the apperatus so the mercury would not be oxidized though.
@@danielreid6041 saw you on the show. You lucky to have chunky good up there. Lots of fines out here. I need to head out there one day. Keep on digging 👍
Love it, wish I could get up out of Indiana and do some of that. Retired with all the time in the world, and stuck here. Just to costly to travel to random spots out west or south to "maybe" find something worth finding.
