The invention discloses a method for recovering 
sulfur from atmospheric-pressure 
oxygen-rich leached residues of lead-
zinc ores, and particularly relates to the 
recovery of 
sulfur in lead-
zinc ore leached residues through 
vacuum distillation, belonging to the field of reclamation and reuse of 
solid waste resources. The method comprises the following steps of: placing atmospheric-pressure 
oxygen-rich leached residues, subjected to 
drying, milling and screening pretreatment, of lead-
zinc ores into a 
vacuum distillation furnace, heating the residues to 200-400 DEG C, and controlling the pressure of the inside of the furnace to 600-10000 Pa, so that 
sulfur in the leached residues is sublimated and volatilized; pumping sulfur-containing vapor out of the 
distillation furnace by a 
vacuum pump; and cooling the sulfur-containing vapor so as to obtain a 
sulfur product. After the 
distillation is completed and the sulfur is completely volatilized, high-boiling-point residues are discharged out of the 
distillation furnace in a 
solid powder form. In the whole process, the furnace is internally sealed, thereby avoiding the oxidation and environmental 
pollution of elemental sulfur. The method is simple in technological process and equipment, high in sulfur 
recovery rate and product quality, low in 
energy consumption, strong in adaptability to raw materials and 
pollution-free, so that the method disclosed by the invention is an economic and efficient sulfur extraction method and can realize the zero 
discharge of waste 
smelting residues in a lead-zinc wet process, thus the method has broad application prospects.