Over the course of its storied 171-year life , EP Minerals has grown to become one of the more exciting and progressive industrial minerals companies in the United States — and it ’ s just getting better .

Founded in 1843 by Edgar and

Stephen Conkling , the company originally went by the name Eagle . In 1916 , Judge Oliver Picher merged the company with his own lead mining business to create Eagle- Picher Lead , the forerunner of modern day EP Minerals .

In the years since , the ambitious