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 David G. Krall and
John F. Sullivan, 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 2001
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 14th
day of February, 2002.

/s/ DANIEL C. WYLER
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Daniel C. Wyler