EXHIBIT 24(B)

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

The undersigned director of both Eagle-Picher Holdings, Inc. and Eagle-Picher
Industries, Inc. hereby consents to and appoints John H. Weber, Thomas R.
Pilholski and David G. Krall, and each of them, as his true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents with all power of substitution, for him and in his
name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the Annual Report on
Form 10-K for the 2002 fiscal year of both Eagle-Picher Holdings, Inc. and
Eagle-Picher Industries, Inc., corporations organized and existing under the
laws of the State of Delaware and the State of Ohio respectively, and any and
all amendments thereto, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and all
documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission
pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, granting
unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary
to be done in and about the same as fully to all intents and purposes as he
might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, or either of them, or their or his substitute or
substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.

In Witness Whereof, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand on this 19th day
of February, 2003.

/S/ DANIEL C.  WYLER
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Daniel C. Wyler
Director