ST. HELEN’S POWDER.—A coal-mine explosive of the [Ammonal] type made by the Roburite Explosives Co., which was on the old Permitted List—

Ammonium nitrate  93·5
Aluminium powder2·5
Trinitro-toluene4 

STOMONAL is a coal-mine explosive made by the New Explosives Co., Ltd. It was on the old Permitted List. In order to pass the Rotherham Test and obtain places on the new Permitted List, No. 1 and No. 2 have had salts added as cooling agents—

No. 1.No. 2.
Date of Permit   22-6-14  9-5-17
Nitroglycerine8  10  10 
Ammonium nitrate84·556[2]60·5
Sodium nitrate6 
Wood meal7·56·5
Wheat flour8·5
Sodium chloride19·517 
Ammonium oxalate6 

Limit charge


20 

30 oz.
Power (swing of ballistic pendulum)  2·682·57”

STONAX is a low-freezing [Gelignite] containing a small percentage of a nitro-compound.

STOW-ITE.—A coal-mine explosive made by the New Explosives Co., Ltd. It was on the old Permitted List—

Nitroglycerine59 
Collodion cotton4·7
Potassium nitrate18·3
Wood meal6 
Ammonium oxalate  12 

*STOWMARKET SMOKELESS is a 33-grain bulk powder for shot-guns made by the New Explosives Co. It is a comparatively inexpensive powder.

SUNDERITE was a coal-mine explosive made by Nobel’s Explosives Co., Ltd., at one time on the Permitted List—

Date of Permit25-11-13
Nitroglycerine9 
Ammonium nitrate53·2
Potassium perchlorate9 
Wood meal8·8
Ammonium oxalate  20 

Limit charge

16 oz.
Power (swing of ballistic pendulum)  2·66”