EX-23 3 dex23.htm CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS Prepared by R.R. Donnelley Financial -- Consent of Independent Auditors
 
EXHIBIT 23
 
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
 
We consent to the incorporation by reference in Registration Statement (Form S-8 No. 333-75221) pertaining to the Oglebay Norton Incentive Savings and Stock Ownership Plan of our report dated June 14, 2002, with respect to the financial statements and schedules of the Oglebay Norton Company Incentive Savings and Stock Ownership Plan included in this Annual Report (Form 11-K) for the year ended December 31, 2001.
 
/s/    ERNST & YOUNG LLP         
 
Cleveland, Ohio
June 25, 2002